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YOUNG
Definition of YOUNG
adjective
In the early part of growth or life; born not long ago.
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Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English yong, yonge, from Old English ġeong, from Proto-West Germanic *jung, from Proto-Germanic *jungaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuHn̥ḱós, from *h₂yuh₁en- (“young”). Cognate with Alemannic German jung, jungu, junhs, jungà, jòng (“young”), Bavarian junk (“young”), Central Franconian, Luxembourgish jonk (“young”), Cimbrian djung, jung, junk (“young”), Dutch jong (“young”), German, German Low German, Mòcheno and Vilamovian jung (“young”), Limburgish jong, jonk (“young”), Yiddish יונג (yung, “young”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish ung (“young”), Faroese, Icelandic ungur (“young”), Gothic 𐌾𐌿𐌲𐌲𐍃 (juggs, “young”).
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Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
9%
of traced words share this origin (2,585)
How it is built
Same root, YOUNG · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish, Yiddish.
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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.
YOUNG in OUTLIER
It has fitted 16 boards so far. 61 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 78, 6 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
YOUNG starts with Y and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read GNOUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start YOUNG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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