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TREES
Definition of TREES
noun
plural of tree
noun
A perennial woody plant taller and larger than a shrub with a wooden trunk and, at some distance from the ground, having leaves and branches.
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Word DNA
TREES inherits its ancestry from its root, TREE.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.4%
of traced words share this origin (11,223)
How it is built
Same root, TREE · 8 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Ancient Greek, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Icelandic, Irish, Norwegian, Old French and 7 more.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
TREES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 5, 26 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 17 days.
First found by a player on Day 35, 24 June 2026.
Built from these letters
TREES starts with T and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EERST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
8 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start TREES
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 5
Could you have found TREES?
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 5 - and most players walked straight past it.
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