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TRENCHANT
Definition of TRENCHANT
adjective
Fitted to trench or cut; gutting; sharp. Adapted for tearing into flesh.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed into Middle English from Old French trenchant, the present participle of trenchier (“to cut”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old French
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,501)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, TRENCHANT · 2 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.
TRENCHANT 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 166, 2 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 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
TRENCHANT starts with T and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ACEHNNRTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T and N appear more than once.
Words that start TRENCH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TRENCHANT?
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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