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TRIPOLI
Definition of TRIPOLI
noun
A sedimentary rock composed of the shells of diatoms etc., used for polishing.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Originally brought from Tripoli in Libya.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, TRIPOLI · 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.
TRIPOLI in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 22 boards so far. 26 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 38, 27 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 168, 4 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 38, 27 June 2026.
Built from these letters
TRIPOLI starts with T and ends with I. Sorted, its letters read IILOPRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start TRIPOL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 38
Could you have found TRIPOLI?
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 38 - and most players walked straight past it.
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