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TRAILER
Definition of TRAILER
noun
Someone who or something that trails (follows behind); something that is trailing.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From trail + -er. The film sense derives from the fact that previews were formerly shown after the main feature, rather than before as is usual today, that is trailing after the main feature.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, TRAIL · 4 relatives 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.
TRAILER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 139, 6 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TRAILER starts with T and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AEILRRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start TRAILE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TRAILER?
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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