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THINCLAD
Definition of THINCLAD
noun
A track and field athlete.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
thin + clad, in reference to the sleeveless shirts and shorts they wear.
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.
THINCLAD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 97, 25 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 97, 25 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
THINCLAD starts with T and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ACDHILNT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found THINCLAD?
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 97 - and most players walked straight past it.
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