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THRIP
Definition of THRIP
noun
Optional singular for thrips, an insect of the order Thysanoptera.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Back-formation from thrips
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.
THRIP in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 24 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 29, 18 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
THRIP starts with T and ends with P. Sorted, its letters read HIPRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found THRIP?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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