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TRUNK
Definition of TRUNK
noun
Part of a body. The usually single, more or less upright part of a tree, between the roots and the branches.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English tronke, trunke, from Old French tronc (“alms box, tree trunk, headless body”), from Latin truncus (“a stock, lopped tree trunk”), from truncus (“cut off, maimed, mutilated”). For the verb, compare French tronquer, and see truncate. Doublet of truncus and tronk.
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.
TRUNK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 10, 30 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 122, 19 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 10, 30 May 2026.
Built from these letters
TRUNK starts with T and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read KNRTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start TRUNK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 10
Could you have found TRUNK?
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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