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TRACHEIDS
Definition of TRACHEIDS
noun
plural of tracheid
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Word DNA
TRACHEIDS inherits its ancestry from its root, TRACHEID.
Line of descent
- German
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
3.1%
of traced words share this origin (909)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, TRACHEID · 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.
TRACHEIDS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 51, 10 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 51, 10 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TRACHEIDS starts with T and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACDEHIRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 TRACHE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 51
Could you have found TRACHEIDS?
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 51 - and most players walked straight past it.
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