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TRIGLYPHS
Definition of TRIGLYPHS
noun
plural of triglyph
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Another sense
TRIGLYPHS carries a second meaning.
noun
Plural form of triglyph.
Word DNA
TRIGLYPHS inherits its ancestry from its root, TRIGLYPH.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step 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, TRIGLYPH · 2 relatives in the game
TRIGLYPHS in a sentence
“The Doric order is characterised by squat columns with round capitals and a frieze decorated with alternating triglyphs (three vertical bands separated by grooves) and plain or sculpted metopes (rectangular blocks).”
Renaissance architecture: how to identify the Roman orders, 2011
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
TRIGLYPHS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 61 boards so far. 229 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 20, 9 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 20, 9 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TRIGLYPHS starts with T and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read GHILPRSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start TRIGLY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 20
Could you have found TRIGLYPHS?
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 20 - and most players walked straight past it.
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