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TRICEPHALOUS
Definition of TRICEPHALOUS
adjective
Having three heads.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Adapted borrowing of New Latin tricephalus (itself from Ancient Greek τρικέφαλος (triképhalos)) + -ous. By surface analysis, tri- + -cephalous.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.4%
of traced words share this origin (10,640)
branch · 12.4% 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.
TRICEPHALOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 168, 4 November 2026. The most recent board was Day 174, 10 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 168, 4 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TRICEPHALOUS starts with T and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEHILOPRSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found TRICEPHALOUS?
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 168 - and most players walked straight past it.
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