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TREADMILL
Definition of TREADMILL
noun
A piece of indoor sporting equipment used to allow for the motions of running or walking while staying in one place.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From tread + mill. Its figurative senses refer to the idea that running on a treadmill requires continued effort and motion to remain in the same place.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
TREADMILL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 154, 21 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 167, 3 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 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
TREADMILL starts with T and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ADEILLMRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start TREADM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TREADMILL?
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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