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TRAD

/tɹæd/4 letters

Definition of TRAD

adjective

Traditional.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Shortening of traditional.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

adjective1 syllable

Same root, TRAD · 5 relatives in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

TRAD in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 27 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 149
Its 16 boards, across 149 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
16
Boards found on
24
First board
141
Latest board
57
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.

First ever to find it

egg

on Day 24, 13 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

TRAD
4
Letters
1
Vowels
3
Consonants
4
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

TRAD starts with T and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Same letters, different word

3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

Words that start TRAD

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found TRAD?

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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.

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