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TRODES
Definition of TRODES
Wiktionary has no entry for TRODES itself. This is its base word, TROD.
verb
simple past of tread
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The origin recorded for TROD.
See tread.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, TROD · 3 relatives 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.
TRODES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 166, 2 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 166, 2 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TRODES starts with T and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DEORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
5 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found TRODES?
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 166 - and most players walked straight past it.
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