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WITHSTAND
Definition of WITHSTAND
verb
To resist or endure (something) successfully.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English withstanden, from Old English wiþstandan, from Proto-West Germanic *wiþistandan (“to withstand, resist”), equivalent to with- (“against”) + stand. Cognate with Old Frisian withstanda (“to resist”). Compare also Dutch weerstaan (“to withstand, repel”), German widerstehen (“to withstand, resist, defy”), Russian противостоять (protivostojatʹ, “to withstand”).
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Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.3%
of traced words share this origin (2,708)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, WITHSTAND · 2 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch, Russian.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
WITHSTAND in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 148, 15 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 148, 15 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WITHSTAND starts with W and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADHINSTTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once.
Words that start WITHST
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found WITHSTAND?
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