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TERCE
Definition of TERCE
noun
The third hour of daylight (about 9 am).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Late Middle English, from Old French terce, from Latin tertia (“third; the third hour”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
TERCE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 120, 17 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 36, 25 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
TERCE starts with T and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEERT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start TERCE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 36
Could you have found TERCE?
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 36 - and most players walked straight past it.
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