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TREADLES
Definition of TREADLES
noun
plural of treadle
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Word DNA
TREADLES inherits its ancestry from its root, TREADLE.
Line of descent
- Old English
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,038)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, TREADLE · 5 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.
TREADLES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 26 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 60, 19 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 166, 2 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 62, 21 July 2026.
Built from these letters
TREADLES starts with T and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADEELRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start TREADL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TREADLES?
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 60 - and most players walked straight past it.
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