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TEREDOS

7 letters

Definition of TEREDOS

noun

plural of teredo

TEREDO

noun

A mollusc of the genus Teredo, especially of species Teredo navalis.

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Word DNA

TEREDOS inherits its ancestry from its root, TEREDO.

Line of descent

  1. Ancient Greek
  2. Latin
  3. English

2 recorded generations before English.

Ancient Greek

Deepest traced root

3rd

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

12.4%

of traced words share this origin (10,357)

Hellenic

branch · 12.4% of traced words

How it is built

noun

Same root, TEREDO · 1 relative in the game

Every Ancient Greek word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

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

TEREDOS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 2 boards so far.

Day 1Day 170
Its 2 boards, across 170 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
2
Boards found on
133
First board
143
Latest board
10
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 133, 30 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 27 days.

First ever to find it

nunnsuch

on Day 133, 30 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

TEREDOS
7
Letters
3
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

TEREDOS starts with T and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DEEORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.

Same letters, different word

2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

OERSTEDROSETED

Words that start TEREDO

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found TEREDOS?

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 133 - and most players walked straight past it.

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