TRUST

Where it comes from

From Middle English trust, trost (“trust, protection”). Long considered a borrowing from Old Norse traust (“confidence, help, protection”), from Proto-Germanic *traustą, but the root vocalism is incompatible, so trust has come to be considered a reflex of an unattested Old English *trust, from a rare zero-grade Proto-Germanic variant of the same root also attested in Middle High German getrüste (“host”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deru- (“be firm, hard, solid”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Traast (“comfort, solace”), West Frisian treast (“comfort, consolation, solace”), Dutch troost (“comfort, consolation”), German Trost (“comfort, consolation”), Low German Troost (“comfort, consolation”), Luxembourgish Trouscht (“consolation”), Danish trøst (“comfort, solace”), Icelandic traust (“faith, trust; confidence”), Norwegian Nynorsk trøst, trøyst (“consolation”), Swedish tröst (“comfort, consolation”), Gothic 𐍄𐍂𐌰𐌿𐍃𐍄𐌹 (trausti, “covenant, pact”). Doublet of tryst. More at true, tree.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

TRUST in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.

First found by a player on Day 106, 3 September 2026.

Built from these letters

TRUST starts with T and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read RSTTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once.

Same letters, different word

2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

Words that start TRUST

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Also seen on Day 106