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TRUDGED
Definition of TRUDGED
verb
simple past and past participle of trudge
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Word DNA
TRUDGED inherits its ancestry from its root, TRUDGE.
How it is built
Same root, TRUDGE · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
TRUDGED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 131, 28 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 131, 28 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TRUDGED starts with T and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DDEGRTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D appears more than once.
Words that start TRUDGE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TRUDGED?
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 131 - and most players walked straight past it.
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