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TROCHEE
Definition of TROCHEE
noun
A metrical foot in verse consisting of a stressed or heavy syllable followed by an unstressed or light syllable.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from French trochée, via Latin trochaeus from the Ancient Greek τροχαῖος (trokhaîos), derived from τρέχω (trékhō, “run”).
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.
TROCHEE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 31 boards so far. 58 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 96, 24 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.
Built from these letters
TROCHEE starts with T and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEEHORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start TROCHE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found TROCHEE?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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