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TRICHOMA
Definition of TRICHOMA
noun
Ingrown eyelash; trichiasis.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From New Latin, from Ancient Greek τρίχωμα (tríkhōma), from θρίξ (thríx, “hair”) + -μα (-ma). Doublet of trichome.
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 (10,104)
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.
TRICHOMA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 147, 14 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 147, 14 October 2026.
Built from these letters
TRICHOMA starts with T and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read ACHIMORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start TRICHO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TRICHOMA?
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 147 - and most players walked straight past it.
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