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TRAINEES
Definition of TRAINEES
noun
plural of trainee
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Word DNA
TRAINEES inherits its ancestry from its root, TRAINEE.
How it is built
Same root, TRAINEE · 1 relative 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.
TRAINEES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 132, 29 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First found by a player on Day 29, 18 June 2026.
Built from these letters
TRAINEES starts with T and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEEINRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start TRAINE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found TRAINEES?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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