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TRACTABLE
Definition of TRACTABLE
adjective
Capable of being easily led, taught, or managed.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English tractable, tractabel, from Latin tractābilis (“that may be touched, handled, or managed”), from tractō (“take in hand, handle, manage”), frequentative of trahō (“draw”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,478)
branch · 33% 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.
TRACTABLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 137, 4 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TRACTABLE starts with T and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AABCELRTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T and A appear more than once.
Words that start TRACTA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TRACTABLE?
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 137 - and most players walked straight past it.
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