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STRAGGLE
Definition of STRAGGLE
verb
To stray, rove, or wander from a normal course and others of its kind.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English straglen, of uncertain origin, possibly from (or cognate to) dialectal Norwegian stragla (“to walk laboriously”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Norwegian
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
42nd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
0.1%
of traced words share this origin (39)
branch · 22.4% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
STRAGGLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 138, 5 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
STRAGGLE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEGGLRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. G appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start STRAGG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found STRAGGLE?
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 138 - and most players walked straight past it.
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