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TRIENNIAL
Definition of TRIENNIAL
adjective
Happening every three years.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin triennium (“three-year period”), from tres (“three”) + annus (“year”). By surface analysis, tri- + -ennial.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (10,004)
branch · 33.1% 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.
TRIENNIAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First found by a player on Day 139, 6 October 2026.
Built from these letters
TRIENNIAL starts with T and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AEIILNNRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and N appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start TRIENN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TRIENNIAL?
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 139 - and most players walked straight past it.
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