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TRAMMELS

8 letters

Definition of TRAMMELS

noun

plural of trammel

TRAMMEL

noun

Whatever impedes activity, progress, or freedom, such as a net or shackle.

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Word DNA

TRAMMELS inherits its ancestry from its root, TRAMMEL.

Line of descent

  1. Latin
  2. Old French
  3. Middle English
  4. English

3 recorded generations before English.

Latin

Deepest traced root

1st

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

30.7%

of traced words share this origin (26,276)

Italic

branch · 30.7% of traced words

How it is built

nouncompoundtri-

Same root, TRAMMEL · 10 relatives in the game

Its etymology also names Italian, Spanish.

Every Latin word → · 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.

TRAMMELS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 3 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 173
Its 3 boards, across 173 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
3
Boards found on
166
First board
172
Latest board
5
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 166, 2 November 2026. The most recent board was Day 172, 8 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First ever to find it

calenmir

on Day 166, 2 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

TRAMMELS
8
Letters
2
Vowels
6
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

TRAMMELS starts with T and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AELMMRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. M appears more than once, including a double letter.

Same letters, different word

One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

STRAMMEL

Words that start TRAMME

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found TRAMMELS?

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 166 - and most players walked straight past it.

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