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TORSADE
Definition of TORSADE
noun
A decoration, especially on hats, made from twisted ribbon
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French torsade.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
5.3%
of traced words share this origin (4,135)
branch · 12.9% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
TORSADE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 42, 1 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 42, 1 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TORSADE starts with T and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ADEORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start TORSAD
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 42
Could you have found TORSADE?
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 42 - and most players walked straight past it.
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