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TRUDGEONS
Definition of TRUDGEONS
noun
plural of trudgeon
TRUDGEN · via trudgeon
noun
A swimming stroke in which the left and right hands are alternately raised out of the water, brought forward and drawn back through the water. A scissor kick is performed on every second stroke.
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, TRUDGEON · 1 relative 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.
TRUDGEONS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 53, 12 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 53, 12 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
TRUDGEONS starts with T and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DEGNORSTU - 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 53
Could you have found TRUDGEONS?
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 53 - and most players walked straight past it.
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