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TRIBADISM
Definition of TRIBADISM
noun
Lesbianism.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
TRIBADISM carries 3 further meanings.
noun
Same as tribady.
noun
Specifically, a form of lesbian intercourse involving the rubbing together of two partners' vulvae.
noun
a form of lesbianism that simulates heterosexual intercourse
Where it comes from
From tribade + -ism.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, TRIBADE · 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.
TRIBADISM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 31 boards so far. 68 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 124, 21 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 45 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 28, 17 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TRIBADISM starts with T and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read ABDIIMRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that mean much the same
Near-synonyms of TRIBADISM. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Words that start TRIBAD
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found TRIBADISM?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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