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YODE

/jəʊd/4 letters

Definition of YODE

verb

simple past of go; went.

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Where it comes from

From Middle English yode, variant of yede, from Old English ēode, from Proto-Germanic *ijj-, a suppletive past tense form to Proto-Germanic *gāną (“to go”), and further from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- (“go”). Cognate with Latin eō (“go”), Russian идти (idti, “go”). The modern pronunciation (for expected /juːd/, /jʊd/) is likely a spelling pronunciation, though influence from the vowel of go is also possible.

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

YODE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 120
Its 11 boards, across 120 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
11
Boards found on
46
First board
115
Latest board
16
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 46, 5 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 115, 12 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.

First ever to find it

sock

on Day 46, 5 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

YODE
4
Letters
2
Vowels
2
Consonants
4
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

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

Words that start YODE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

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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 46 - and most players walked straight past it.

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