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TROUNCED
Definition of TROUNCED
verb
simple past and past participle of trounce
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Word DNA
TROUNCED inherits its ancestry from its root, TROUNCE.
Line of descent
- Old French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (829)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, TROUNCE · 2 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
TROUNCED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 54 boards so far. 141 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 22, 11 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 141, 8 October 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
TROUNCED starts with T and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read CDENORTU - 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 TROUNC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 22
Could you have found TROUNCED?
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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