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THEROPOD
Definition of THEROPOD
noun
Any bipedal carnivorous dinosaur, of the suborder Theropoda, from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From thero- + -pod.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
THEROPOD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 37, 26 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 37, 26 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
THEROPOD starts with T and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEHOOPRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start THEROP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 37
Could you have found THEROPOD?
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 37 - and most players walked straight past it.
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