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THURIFER
Definition of THURIFER
noun
An acolyte who carries a thurible.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Originated 1850–55 from New Latin thūrifer (“incense-bearing”), tūrifer, from Latin thūs, tūs (“incense”) + -fer (“bearing”)
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.
THURIFER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 124, 21 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 124, 21 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
THURIFER starts with T and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EFHIRRTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once.
Words that start THURIF
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found THURIFER?
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 124 - and most players walked straight past it.
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