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YOUTH
Definition of YOUTH
noun
The quality or state of being young.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English youthe, youghte, ȝouþe, from Old English ġeoguþ (“the state of being young; youth”), from Proto-West Germanic *juwunþa, from Proto-Germanic *jugunþō, *jugunþiz (“youth”), corresponding to young + -th (abstract nominal suffix). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Juugd, West Frisian jeugd, Dutch jeugd, German Low German Jöögd, German Jugend.
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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.
YOUTH in OUTLIER
It has fitted 1 board so far. 63 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 111, 8 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 7, 28 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
YOUTH starts with Y and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read HOTUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start YOUTH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found YOUTH?
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 111 - and most players walked straight past it.
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