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TROIKA
Definition of TROIKA
noun
A Russian carriage drawn by a team of three horses abreast.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Russian тро́йка (trójka, “a group of three”).
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.
TROIKA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 24 boards so far. 58 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 14, 3 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 14, 3 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TROIKA starts with T and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AIKORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 14
Could you have found TROIKA?
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 14 - and most players walked straight past it.
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