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THERIAN
Definition of THERIAN
adjective
Of or pertaining to the taxonomic subclass Theria.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
THERIAN carries 2 further meanings.
noun
Any member of the taxonomic subclass Theria; the placental and marsupial mammals
noun
Short for therianthrope.
Where it comes from
From translingual Theria + -ian. From Ancient Greek θηρίον (thēríon, “wild beast”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.4%
of traced words share this origin (10,043)
branch · 12.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, THERIAN · 1 relative in the game
THERIAN in a sentence
“Just so everyone knows, they are definately _not_ monotremes or therian mammals.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
THERIAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 52 boards so far. 83 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 44, 3 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 44, 3 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
THERIAN starts with T and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AEHINRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start THERIA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 44
Could you have found THERIAN?
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 44 - and most players walked straight past it.
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