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TRAGICS
Definition of TRAGICS
noun
plural of tragic
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Word DNA
TRAGICS inherits its ancestry from its root, TRAGIC.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,666)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, TRAGIC · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Latin.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
TRAGICS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 6, 27 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 6, 27 May 2026.
Built from these letters
TRAGICS starts with T and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACGIRST - 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 TRAGIC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 6
Could you have found TRAGICS?
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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