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TROCHUS
Definition of TROCHUS
noun
Any member of the genus Trochus, or more generally of the family Trochidae; in non-specialist usage, including species formerly classified in that family, particularly Tectus niloticus.
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Where it comes from
From New Latin Trochus, from Ancient Greek τροχός (trokhós, “wheel”).
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.
TROCHUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 42, 1 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 82 days.
First found by a player on Day 42, 1 July 2026.
Built from these letters
TROCHUS starts with T and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CHORSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start TROCHU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 42
Could you have found TROCHUS?
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 42 - and most players walked straight past it.
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