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TERMITES

/ˈtɜːmaɪts/8 letters

Definition of TERMITES

noun

plural of termite

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Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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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.

TERMITES in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 102
Its one board, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
90
First board
12
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.

First ever to find it

oddpriority67

on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

TERMITES
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

TERMITES starts with T and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EEIMRSTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T and E appear 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 TERMIT

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

TERMITETERMITICTERMITARYTERMITARIATERMITARIESTERMITARIUM

Could you have found TERMITES?

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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.

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