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TROGLODYTE
Definition of TROGLODYTE
noun
A member of a supposed prehistoric race that lived in caves or holes, a caveman.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Latin Trōglodytae (“cave-dwelling people”), from Ancient Greek τρωγλοδύτης (trōglodútēs, “one who dwells in holes”), from τρώγλη (trṓglē, “hole”) + δύω (dúō, “to get into”).
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.
TROGLODYTE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 106, 3 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TROGLODYTE starts with T and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read DEGLOORTTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T and O appear more than once.
Words that start TROGLO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TROGLODYTE?
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 106 - and most players walked straight past it.
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