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TROG
Definition of TROG
noun
A hooligan, lout.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Short for troglodyte.
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.
TROG in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 20 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 15, 4 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 15, 4 June 2026.
Built from these letters
TROG starts with T and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read GORT - 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 TROG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 15
Could you have found TROG?
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 15 - and most players walked straight past it.
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