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STRONGMEN
Definition of STRONGMEN
noun
plural of strongman
noun
A man who performs feats of strength, as in competitions or as an attraction in a circus.
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Word DNA
STRONGMEN inherits its ancestry from its root, STRONG.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.4%
of traced words share this origin (11,191)
How it is built
Same root, STRONG · 7 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, Icelandic, Latin, Norwegian, Scots, Swedish.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
STRONGMEN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First found by a player on Day 145, 12 October 2026.
Built from these letters
STRONGMEN starts with S and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read EGMNNORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once.
Words that start STRONG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found STRONGMEN?
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 145 - and most players walked straight past it.
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