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TROYS
Definition of TROYS
Wiktionary has no entry for TROYS itself. This is its base word, TROY.
adjective
Of, or relating to, troy weight.
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Where it comes from
The origin recorded for TROY.
From Middle English troye, from Anglo-Norman. According to the American Heritage Dictionary, probably first used at a fair in Troyes, France.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
TROYS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 38, 27 June 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 71 days.
First found by a player on Day 38, 27 June 2026.
Built from these letters
TROYS starts with T and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ORSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
5 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 38
Could you have found TROYS?
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 38 - and most players walked straight past it.
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