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TROWELED
Definition of TROWELED
verb
simple past and past participle of trowel
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Word DNA
TROWELED inherits its ancestry from its root, TROWEL.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,711)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, TROWEL · 5 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.
TROWELED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 22 boards so far. 46 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 26, 15 June 2026.
Built from these letters
TROWELED starts with T and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEELORTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start TROWEL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found TROWELED?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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