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TRIANGULAR
Definition of TRIANGULAR
adjective
Shaped like a triangle.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English triangulare, trianguler, triangulere, from Old French triangulaire, triangulier and Latin triangulāris. By surface analysis, tri- + -angular.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,444)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
TRIANGULAR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far. 24 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 141, 8 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 138, 5 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TRIANGULAR starts with T and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AAGILNRRTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R and A appear more than once.
Words that start TRIANG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TRIANGULAR?
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 138 - and most players walked straight past it.
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