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TOGAVIRUS
Definition of TOGAVIRUS
noun
Any of the virus family Togaviridae.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin toga (“loose outer garment worn in Roman Empire”) + virus (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Why is a virus named after clothing?”)
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
TOGAVIRUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 99, 27 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 99, 27 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TOGAVIRUS starts with T and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AGIORSTUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start TOGAVI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TOGAVIRUS?
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 99 - and most players walked straight past it.
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