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TRACT
Definition of TRACT
noun
An area or expanse.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English tract, tracte, traht (“a treatise, exposition, commentary”), from Old English traht, tract (“a treatise, exposition, commentary, text, passage”); and also from Middle English tract, tracte (“an expanse of space or time”); both from Latin tractus (“a haul, drawing, a drawing out”), the perfect passive participle of trahō. Doublet of trait.
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.
TRACT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far. 20 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 3, 24 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 120, 17 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 3, 24 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TRACT starts with T and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ACRTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once.
Words that start TRACT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 3
Could you have found TRACT?
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 3 - and most players walked straight past it.
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