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TRAILHEAD

9 letters

Definition of TRAILHEAD

noun

The beginning of a trail, often specifically a hiking trail.

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Where it comes from

From trail + head.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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

TRAILHEAD in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 7 boards so far.

Day 1Day 102
Its 7 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
7
Boards found on
64
First board
101
Latest board
18
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 64, 23 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First found by a player on Day 64, 23 July 2026.

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Built from these letters

TRAILHEAD
9
Letters
4
Vowels
5
Consonants
8
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

TRAILHEAD starts with T and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read AADEHILRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.

Words that start TRAILH

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

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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 64 - and most players walked straight past it.

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