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TRANS
Definition of TRANS
adjective
In (or constituting, forming, or describing) a double bond in which the greater radical on both ends is on the opposite side of the bond.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Latin trāns (“on the other side of”). Doublet of très.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,764)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, TRAN · 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.
TRANS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 36 boards so far. 44 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
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
TRANS starts with T and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ANRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 TRANS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found TRANS?
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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