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TREPHINED
Definition of TREPHINED
verb
simple past and past participle of trephine
noun
A surgical instrument with a cylindrical blade used to remove a circular section of tissue, such as bone or cornea; a trepan.
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Word DNA
TREPHINED inherits its ancestry from its root, TREPHINE.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- French
- English
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,702)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, TREPHINE · 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.
TREPHINED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 56, 15 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 32 days.
First found by a player on Day 56, 15 July 2026.
Also on
Built from these letters
TREPHINED starts with T and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEEHINPRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start TREPHI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 56
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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 56 - and most players walked straight past it.
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