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TOROIDS
Definition of TOROIDS
noun
plural of toroid
noun
A surface generated by a closed curve (especially a circle) rotating about, but not intersecting or containing, an axis in its own plane.
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, TOROID · 1 relative 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.
TOROIDS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 17 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 59, 18 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 59, 18 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TOROIDS starts with T and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DIOORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start TOROID
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 59
Could you have found TOROIDS?
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 59 - and most players walked straight past it.
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