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YOUNGER
Definition of YOUNGER
adjective
comparative form of young: more young
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Word DNA
YOUNGER inherits its ancestry from its root, YOUNG.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.4%
of traced words share this origin (11,191)
How it is built
Same root, YOUNG · 7 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish, Yiddish.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
YOUNGER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 39 boards so far. 58 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 6, 27 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First found by a player on Day 6, 27 May 2026.
Built from these letters
YOUNGER starts with Y and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EGNORUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 6
Could you have found YOUNGER?
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 6 - and most players walked straight past it.
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