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TOUGHEN
Definition of TOUGHEN
verb
To make tough.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From tough + -en.
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.
TOUGHEN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 28, 17 June 2026.
Built from these letters
TOUGHEN starts with T and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read EGHNOTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start TOUGHE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TOUGHEN?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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