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TERM
Definition of TERM
noun
That which limits the extent of anything; limit, extremity, bound, boundary, terminus.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English terme, borrowed from Old French terme, from Latin terminus (“a bound, boundary, limit, end; in Medieval Latin, also a time, period, word, covenant, etc.”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *térmn̥ (“stump, end, boundary”). Doublet of terminus and termon. Old English had termen, from the same source.
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Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
8.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,647)
How it is built
Its etymology also names Old English.
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.
TERM in OUTLIER
It has fitted 25 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 3, 24 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 90, 18 August 2026.
Built from these letters
TERM starts with T and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read EMRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start TERM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 3
Could you have found TERM?
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 3 - and most players walked straight past it.
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