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TRIAD
Definition of TRIAD
noun
A grouping of three.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin triad-, stem of trias (“three, triad”), from Ancient Greek τριάς (triás). By surface analysis, tri- + -ad. Sense 3 (“branch of a Chinese underground criminal society”) is due to the word being applied by the British authorities to underground society in Hong Kong based on the geometry of the Chinese character, derived from a name used by some of those societies, 三合會 / 三合会 (sānhéhuì, “Three Harmonies Society”), referring to the union between heaven, earth, and humanity.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
TRIAD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 42 boards so far. 88 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 21, 10 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TRIAD starts with T and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADIRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start TRIAD
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found TRIAD?
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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.
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