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TROWELS
Definition of TROWELS
noun
plural of trowel
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Another sense
TROWELS carries a second meaning.
noun
Plural form of trowel.
Word DNA
TROWELS inherits its ancestry from its root, TROWEL.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,723)
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.
TROWELS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 42 boards so far. 82 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 24, 13 June 2026.
Built from these letters
TROWELS starts with T and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ELORSTW - 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 TROWEL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found TROWELS?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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