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TWELVE
Definition of TWELVE
noun
NATO, ICAO, ITU & IMO radiotelephony code for 12, used only with o'clock to indicate direction.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English twelve, from Old English twelf (“twelve”), from Proto-Germanic *twalif, an old compound of *twa- (“two”) and *-lif (“left over”) (i.e., two left over after having already counted to ten), from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“leave, remain”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian tweelf, tweelif, tweelich (“twelve”), West Frisian tolve (“twelve”), Dutch twaalf (“twelve”), German Low German twalf, twalv (“twelve”), German zwölf (“twelve”), Danish, Swedish and Norwegian tolv (“twelve”), Icelandic tólf (“twelve”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (11,554)
How it is built
Same root, TWELVE · 4 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
TWELVE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 33, 22 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 25 days.
First found by a player on Day 33, 22 June 2026.
Built from these letters
TWELVE starts with T and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EELTVW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start TWELVE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 33
Could you have found TWELVE?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 33 - and most players walked straight past it.
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