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TOUGHER
Definition of TOUGHER
adjective
comparative form of tough: more tough
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Word DNA
TOUGHER inherits its ancestry from its root, TOUGH.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
8.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,636)
How it is built
Same root, TOUGH · 5 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Ancient Greek, Dutch, Sanskrit.
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.
TOUGHER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 24 boards so far. 27 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
TOUGHER starts with T and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EGHORTU - 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.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found TOUGHER?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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