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TRAGEDY
Definition of TRAGEDY
noun
A drama or similar work, in which the main character is brought to ruin or otherwise suffers the extreme consequences of some tragic flaw or weakness of character.
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Where it comes from
From the Middle English tragedie, from the Old French tragedie, from the Latin tragoedia, from the Ancient Greek τραγῳδία (tragōidía, “epic play, tragedy”), from τράγος (trágos, “male goat”) + ᾠδή (ōidḗ, “song”), possibly a reference to the goat-satyrs of the theatrical plays of the Dorians, or according to Beekes possibly to a goat given as prize, though the etymology remains uncertain.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.4%
of traced words share this origin (10,094)
branch · 12.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, TRAGEDY · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
TRAGEDY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 52 boards so far. 73 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 6, 27 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 6, 27 May 2026.
Built from these letters
TRAGEDY starts with T and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ADEGRTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start TRAGED
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 6
Could you have found TRAGEDY?
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 6 - and most players walked straight past it.
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