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TRAMPOLINE
Definition of TRAMPOLINE
noun
A gymnastic and recreational device consisting of a piece of taut, strong fabric or rubber stretched over a (usually steel) frame using many coiled springs as anchors.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Spanish trampolín and/or Italian trampolino; in English, a genericized trademark based on the Spanish word trademarked in 1936, but attested since 1798.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
10th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.7%
of traced words share this origin (1,366)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, TRAMPOLINE · 7 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.
TRAMPOLINE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 41 boards so far. 65 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 7, 28 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TRAMPOLINE starts with T and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEILMNOPRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start TRAMPO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found TRAMPOLINE?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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