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THIRDSMAN
Definition of THIRDSMAN
noun
A third party who acts as mediator.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From third + -s- + -man.
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.
THIRDSMAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 93, 21 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 93, 21 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
THIRDSMAN starts with T and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ADHIMNRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start THIRDS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found THIRDSMAN?
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 93 - and most players walked straight past it.
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