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TRAVERTINE
Definition of TRAVERTINE
noun
A light, porous form of concretionary limestone (or calcite) deposited from solution, and sometimes quarried for building.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Italian travertino, earlier tivertino, from Latin tīburtīnus (“Tiburtine”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.2%
of traced words share this origin (10,073)
branch · 33.2% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, TRAVERTINE · 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.
TRAVERTINE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far. 19 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 138, 5 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TRAVERTINE starts with T and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEEINRRTTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T, R and E appear more than once.
Words that start TRAVER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TRAVERTINE?
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 138 - and most players walked straight past it.
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