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YESTER
Definition of YESTER
adverb
Yesterday.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English yester, yister, from Old English ġeostran (“yesterday”). Cognate with Dutch gisteren (“yesterday”), German gestern (“yesterday”). More at yesterday.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old English
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
4.2%
of traced words share this origin (1,197)
branch · 22.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, YEST · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch, German.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
YESTER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 46 boards so far. 76 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 16, 5 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 136, 3 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First found by a player on Day 26, 15 June 2026.
Built from these letters
YESTER starts with Y and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EERSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start YESTER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 16
Could you have found YESTER?
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 16 - and most players walked straight past it.
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