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TREPANNED

9 letters

Definition of TREPANNED

verb

simple past and past participle of trepan

TREPAN

noun

A tool used to bore through rock when sinking shafts.

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Word DNA

TREPANNED inherits its ancestry from its root, TREPAN.

Line of descent

  1. Ancient Greek
  2. Latin
  3. Old French
  4. Middle English
  5. English

4 recorded generations before English.

Ancient Greek

Deepest traced root

2nd

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

12.6%

of traced words share this origin (3,358)

Hellenic

branch · 12.6% of traced words

How it is built

verb

Same root, TREPAN · 2 relatives in the game

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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

TREPANNED in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 133
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Boards found on
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First board
1
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First found by a player on Day 132, 29 September 2026.

Built from these letters

TREPANNED
9
Letters
3
Vowels
6
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

TREPANNED starts with T and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADEENNPRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and N appear more than once, including a double letter.

Words that start TREPAN

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

TREPANTREPANGTREPANSTREPANGSTREPANNERTREPANNERSTREPANNINGTREPANATIONTREPANNINGSTREPANATIONS

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