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TRIGEMINUS
Definition of TRIGEMINUS
noun
Alternative form of trigeminal nerve.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin trigeminus (“threefold, triple, triform”), clipping of nervus trigeminus (“triple nerve”).
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
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,951)
branch · 30.7% 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.
TRIGEMINUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 87, 15 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 87, 15 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TRIGEMINUS starts with T and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EGIIMNRSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start TRIGEM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TRIGEMINUS?
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 87 - and most players walked straight past it.
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