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TREMENDOUS
Definition of TREMENDOUS
adjective
Awe-inspiring; terrific.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Adapted borrowing of Latin tremendus (“fearful, terrible”, gerundive of tremō (“to tremble”)) + -ous. Doublet of tremend.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,696)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
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.
TREMENDOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 37 boards so far. 48 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 7, 28 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TREMENDOUS starts with T and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DEEMNORSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start TREMEN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found TREMENDOUS?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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