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TRUG

/tɹʌɡ/4 letters

Definition of TRUG

noun

A shallow, oval basket used for gardening

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Compare trough.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

TRUG in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 21 boards so far. 27 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 112
Its 21 boards, across 112 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
21
Boards found on
10
First board
109
Latest board
23
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 10, 30 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.

First ever to find it

winnerjuliana

on Day 10, 30 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

TRUG
4
Letters
1
Vowels
3
Consonants
4
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

TRUG starts with T and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read GRTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Words that start TRUG

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

TRUGOTRUGSTRUGOS

Could you have found TRUG?

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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