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WORTHIES
Definition of WORTHIES
noun
plural of worthy
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Word DNA
WORTHIES inherits its ancestry from its root, WORTHY.
Line of descent
- Old English
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.1%
of traced words share this origin (1,226)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, WORTHY · 2 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch, Icelandic, Middle Low German, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
WORTHIES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 53 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 26, 15 June 2026.
Built from these letters
WORTHIES starts with W and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EHIORSTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start WORTHI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found WORTHIES?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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