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TRUCULENT
Definition of TRUCULENT
adjective
Cruel or savage.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
First attested circa 1540, from Middle French, from Latin truculentus (“fierce, savage”), from trux (“fierce, wild”).
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.
TRUCULENT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far. 38 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 117, 14 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 117, 14 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TRUCULENT starts with T and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read CELNRTTUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T and U appear more than once.
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 TRUCUL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TRUCULENT?
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 117 - and most players walked straight past it.
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