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TRUCE
Definition of TRUCE
noun
A period of time in which no fighting takes place due to an agreement between the opposed parties.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English trewes, triwes, trues, plural of trewe, triewe, true (“faithfulness, assurance, pact”), from Old English trēowa, singularized plural of trēow, trȳw (“faith; pledge; agreement”), from Proto-West Germanic *treuwu, from Proto-Germanic *trewwō (compare Dutch trouw, German Treue, Danish tro, French trêve [< Germanic]), noun form of *triwwiz (“trusty, faithful”). More at true.
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Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
3.3%
of traced words share this origin (976)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, TRUCE · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, French.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
TRUCE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 28 boards so far. 58 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
TRUCE starts with T and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CERTU - 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.
Words that start TRUCE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found TRUCE?
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