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TRICOTEUSE
Definition of TRICOTEUSE
noun
A woman who knits; used especially of those who knitted at meetings and at executions during the French Revolution.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from French tricoteuse.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
5.3%
of traced words share this origin (4,346)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, TRICOTEUSE · 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.
TRICOTEUSE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 120, 17 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 27 days.
First found by a player on Day 120, 17 September 2026.
Built from these letters
TRICOTEUSE starts with T and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEEIORSTTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T and E appear more than once.
Words that start TRICOT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TRICOTEUSE?
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 120 - and most players walked straight past it.
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