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TORULOSE
Definition of TORULOSE
adjective
Minutely torose.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Latin torulus, diminutive of torus.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
32.5%
of traced words share this origin (8,497)
branch · 32.5% 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.
TORULOSE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 48, 7 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 82 days.
First found by a player on Day 48, 7 July 2026.
Built from these letters
TORULOSE starts with T and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ELOORSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start TORULO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 48
Could you have found TORULOSE?
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 48 - and most players walked straight past it.
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