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TRIE
Definition of TRIE
noun
An ordered tree data structure that is used to store an associative array where the keys are usually strings.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From retrieval.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, TRIE · 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.
TRIE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 22 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 45, 4 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 45, 4 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TRIE starts with T and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EIRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start TRIE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 45
Could you have found TRIE?
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 45 - and most players walked straight past it.
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