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TWIFOLD
Definition of TWIFOLD
adjective
Twofold.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English twifold, twifald, from Old English twifeald (“double, twofold”), from Proto-West Germanic *twifald, from Proto-Germanic *twifaldaz (“twofold”), equivalent to twi- + -fold. Cognate with Middle High German zwivalt (“double”), Old Norse tvífaldr (“double”), Icelandic tvöfaldur (“double”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,821)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Its etymology also names Icelandic, Old Norse.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
TWIFOLD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 79, 7 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 79, 7 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
TWIFOLD starts with T and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DFILOTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found TWIFOLD?
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 79 - and most players walked straight past it.
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