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TRINKLE

/ˈtɹɪŋkəl/7 letters

Definition of TRINKLE

verb

To trickle; to fall slowly in a series of drops or a small stream.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Attested since at least the 1500s; possibly an alteration of trickle.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

verb2 syllables

Same root, TRINKLE · 2 relatives in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

TRINKLE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 3 boards so far.

Day 1Day 176
Its 3 boards, across 176 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
3
Boards found on
164
First board
169
Latest board
3
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 164, 31 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 169, 5 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.

First ever to find it

violetmoo

on Day 164, 31 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

TRINKLE
7
Letters
2
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

TRINKLE starts with T and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EIKLNRT - 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 TRINKL

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found TRINKLE?

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 164 - and most players walked straight past it.

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