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TRUANCY
Definition of TRUANCY
noun
The act of shirking from responsibilities and duties, especially from attending school.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From truant + -cy.
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.
TRUANCY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 28 boards so far. 56 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 24, 13 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TRUANCY starts with T and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ACNRTUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found TRUANCY?
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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