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TRABECULA
Definition of TRABECULA
noun
A small supporting beam.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Latin trabēcula (“small beam”), diminutive of trabs (“beam, timber”).
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.
TRABECULA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 39, 28 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 119, 16 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 39, 28 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TRABECULA starts with T and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AABCELRTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start TRABEC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 39
Could you have found TRABECULA?
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 39 - and most players walked straight past it.
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