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TWIGGIEST

9 letters

Definition of TWIGGIEST

adjective

superlative form of twiggy: most twiggy

TWIGGY

adjective

Having many twigs.

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Word DNA

TWIGGIEST inherits its ancestry from its root, TWIG.

Line of descent

  1. Proto-Indo-European
  2. Proto-Germanic
  3. Old English
  4. Middle English
  5. English

4 recorded generations before English.

Proto-Indo-European

Deepest traced root

2nd

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

14.2%

of traced words share this origin (12,281)

How it is built

adjective

Same root, TWIG · 10 relatives in the game

Its etymology also names Dutch, Yiddish.

Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

TWIGGIEST in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 178
Its one board, across 178 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
138
First board
40
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 40 days.

First ever to find it

alfredbulbasaur

on Day 138, 5 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

TWIGGIEST
9
Letters
3
Vowels
6
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

TWIGGIEST starts with T and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read EGGIISTTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T, I and G appear more than once, including a double letter.

Words that start TWIGGI

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

TWIGGIERTWIGGING

Could you have found TWIGGIEST?

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 138 - and most players walked straight past it.

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