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YACHTIES

8 letters

Definition of YACHTIES

noun

plural of yachty

YACHTY

noun

A yachtsman or yachtswoman.

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Word DNA

YACHTIES inherits its ancestry from its root, YACHT.

Line of descent

  1. Dutch
  2. English

One recorded step before English.

Dutch

Deepest traced root

16th

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

0.9%

of traced words share this origin (682)

Germanic

branch · 22.6% of traced words

How it is built

noun

Same root, YACHT · 15 relatives in the game

Every Dutch word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
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.

YACHTIES in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 156
Its 15 boards, across 156 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
15
Boards found on
71
First board
155
Latest board
25
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 71, 30 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 155, 22 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First ever to find it

simonthedigger

on Day 71, 30 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

YACHTIES
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
8
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

YACHTIES starts with Y and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEHISTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Words that start YACHTI

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found YACHTIES?

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 71 - and most players walked straight past it.

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