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TROUNCES
Definition of TROUNCES
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of trounce
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Another sense
TROUNCES carries a second meaning.
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of trounce.
Word DNA
TROUNCES inherits its ancestry from its root, TROUNCE.
Line of descent
- Old French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,283)
branch · 12.9% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, TROUNCE · 6 relatives in the game
TROUNCES in a sentence
“But John McCain trounces Barack Obama in the same three states by over 20% in each case.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
TROUNCES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 46 boards so far. 80 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First found by a player on Day 29, 18 June 2026.
Built from these letters
TROUNCES starts with T and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CENORSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
4 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.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found TROUNCES?
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