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TROUNCE
Definition of TROUNCE
verb
To beat severely; to thrash.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The origin of the verb is unknown; it is perhaps related to Old French troncer, troncher, troncir, tronchir (“to cut; to cut a piece from; to retrench”), from Old French tronce, tronche (“stump; piece of wood”). However, the English and Old French words differ in meaning. The noun is derived from the verb.
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.
TROUNCE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 26 boards so far. 65 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 22, 11 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 22, 11 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TROUNCE starts with T and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CENORTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start TROUNC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TROUNCE?
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 22 - and most players walked straight past it.
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