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TROUPE
Definition of TROUPE
noun
A company of, often touring, acrobats, actors, singers or dancers.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Attested 1825; Unadapted borrowing from French troupe, which see for more. Doublet of troop, and possibly also of thorp and dorp.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
7.2%
of traced words share this origin (2,118)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
TROUPE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 34 boards so far. 53 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 13, 2 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 13, 2 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TROUPE starts with T and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EOPRTU - 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 TROUPE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 13
Could you have found TROUPE?
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 13 - and most players walked straight past it.
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