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TRICHOME
Definition of TRICHOME
noun
A hair- or scale-like extension of the epidermis of a plant.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French trichome, from New Latin trichoma, from Ancient Greek τρίχωμα (tríkhōma), from θρίξ (thríx, “hair”) or independently from tricho- + -ome. Doublet of trichoma.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- French
- English
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,605)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, TRICHOME · 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.
TRICHOME in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 26 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 50, 9 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 141, 8 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 50, 9 July 2026.
Built from these letters
TRICHOME starts with T and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEHIMORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start TRICHO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 50
Could you have found TRICHOME?
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 50 - and most players walked straight past it.
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