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TURCOPOLE
Definition of TURCOPOLE
noun
A mounted archer locally recruited by the Christian states during the Crusades.
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Where it comes from
From Byzantine Greek τουρκόπουλοι (tourkópouloi, “sons of Turks”), from Τοῦρκος (Toûrkos) + -πουλος (-poulos).
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, TURCOPOLE · 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.
TURCOPOLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 105, 2 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 38 days.
First found by a player on Day 105, 2 September 2026.
Built from these letters
TURCOPOLE starts with T and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CELOOPRTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start TURCOP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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