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TRACHEA
Definition of TRACHEA
noun
A thin-walled, cartilaginous tube connecting the larynx to the bronchi.
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Where it comes from
From late Middle English, from Medieval Latin trāchēa (“the windpipe”) (also borrowed as Late Latin trāchīa), from Ancient Greek τρᾱχεῖᾰ ᾰ̓ρτηρῐ́ᾱ (trākheîă ărtērĭ́ā, “windpipe, trachea”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,789)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, TRACHEA · 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.
TRACHEA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 56 boards so far. 142 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 6, 27 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 6, 27 May 2026.
Built from these letters
TRACHEA starts with T and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AACEHRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start TRACHE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 6
Could you have found TRACHEA?
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 6 - and most players walked straight past it.
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