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TRADER

/ˈtɹeɪdə(ɹ)/6 letters

Definition of TRADER

noun

One who earns a living by trading goods or securities.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From trade + -er.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

noun2 syllablescompound-er

Same root, TRADE · 11 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.

TRADER in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 5 boards so far.

Day 1Day 155
Its 5 boards, across 155 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
5
Boards found on
139
First board
155
Latest board
11
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 155, 22 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

neljas

on Day 139, 6 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

TRADER
6
Letters
2
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

TRADER starts with T and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ADERRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once.

Same letters, different word

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

DARTERDARTRERETARDTARRED

Words that start TRADER

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

TRADERSTRADERSHIPTRADERSHIPS

Could you have found TRADER?

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 139 - and most players walked straight past it.

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