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TERRIBLES

/ˈtɛɹəbəl/9 letters

Definition of TERRIBLES

Wiktionary has no entry for TERRIBLES itself. This is its base word, TERRIBLE.

adjective

Causing terror, alarm or fear; dreadful

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Where it comes from

The origin recorded for TERRIBLE.

Inherited from Middle English terrible, from Old French terrible, from Latin terribilis (“frightful”), from terreō (“to frighten, terrify, alarm; to deter by terror, scare (away)”). Compare terror, deter. By surface analysis, terror + -ible. Displaced Old English atol and sliþe, while also largely overtaking grimm.

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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.

TERRIBLES in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 125
Its one board, across 125 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
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Boards found on
124
First board
1
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 124, 21 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First ever to find it

gamingtnbwc

on Day 124, 21 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

TERRIBLES
9
Letters
3
Vowels
6
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

TERRIBLES starts with T and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BEEILRRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and R appear more than once, including a double letter.

Words that start TERRIB

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

TERRIBLETERRIBLYTERRIBILITYTERRIBLENESSTERRIBLENESSES

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