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TRIBUTARIES
Definition of TRIBUTARIES
noun
plural of tributary
TRIBUTARY
noun
A natural water stream that flows into a larger river or other body of water.
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Word DNA
TRIBUTARIES inherits its ancestry from its root, TRIBUTARY.
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,643)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, TRIBUTARY · 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.
TRIBUTARIES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
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
TRIBUTARIES starts with T and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABEIIRRSTTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T, R and I appear more than once.
Words that start TRIBUTA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TRIBUTARIES?
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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