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TRAVELLER
Definition of TRAVELLER
noun
One who travels, especially to distant lands.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English traveler, travelour, travailere, travailour (“worker", also "traveller”), equivalent to travel + -er. Compare Anglo-Norman travailur, travailour, Old French travailleor, travelleeur, travelier.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.2%
of traced words share this origin (5,314)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, TRAVELLER · 2 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Anglo-Norman, Old French.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
TRAVELLER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 21 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 154, 21 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TRAVELLER starts with T and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AEELLRRTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R, E and L appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start TRAVEL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TRAVELLER?
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 154 - and most players walked straight past it.
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