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TRIPS
Definition of TRIPS
noun
plural of trip
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Word DNA
TRIPS inherits its ancestry from its root, TRIP.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
25th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
0.4%
of traced words share this origin (107)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, TRIP · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Middle Low German, Old English, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
TRIPS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 20 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 127, 24 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 19 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 28, 17 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TRIPS starts with T and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read IPRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start TRIPS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found TRIPS?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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