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TREATISE
Definition of TREATISE
noun
A formal, usually lengthy, systematic discourse on some subject.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English tretys, from Anglo-Norman tretiz and Old French traitis (“treatise, account”), from traitier (“to deal with, treat”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (834)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, TREATISE · 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.
TREATISE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far. 21 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First found by a player on Day 90, 18 August 2026.
Built from these letters
TREATISE starts with T and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEEIRSTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T and E appear more than once.
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 TREATI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TREATISE?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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