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TIMES
Definition of TIMES
noun
plural of time
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Multiplication sense from the idea that something is repeated or added together a given number of times.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, TIME · 3 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
TIMES in OUTLIER
It has fitted 1 board so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 58 days.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
TIMES starts with T and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EIMST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
6 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start TIMES
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TIMES?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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