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TRUDGE
Definition of TRUDGE
noun
A tramp, i.e. a long and tiring walk.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Mid-16th century. Original meaning was somewhat idiomatic, meaning "to walk using snowshoes." Probably of Scandinavian origin, compare Icelandic þrúga (“snowshoe”), Norwegian truga (“snowshoe”) and dialectal Swedish trudja (“snowshoe”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
24th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.4%
of traced words share this origin (116)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, TRUDGE · 3 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.
TRUDGE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 42 boards so far. 77 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 10, 30 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 10, 30 May 2026.
Built from these letters
TRUDGE starts with T and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read DEGRTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start TRUDGE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 10
Could you have found TRUDGE?
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 10 - and most players walked straight past it.
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