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TREWS
Definition of TREWS
noun
Trousers, especially if close-fitting and tartan.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Scottish Gaelic triubhas, from Middle Irish triubus.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Irish
- Scottish Gaelic
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
21st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
0.5%
of traced words share this origin (137)
branch · 0.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, TREW · 1 relative 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.
TREWS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 43 boards so far. 72 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 40, 29 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 40, 29 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TREWS starts with T and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ERSTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 40
Could you have found TREWS?
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 40 - and most players walked straight past it.
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