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TURFS
Definition of TURFS
noun
plural of turf
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Word DNA
TURFS inherits its ancestry from its root, TURF.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
8.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,647)
How it is built
Same root, TURF · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, Icelandic, Middle Low German, Norwegian, Old Norse and 4 more.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
TURFS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 99, 27 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 99, 27 August 2026.
Built from these letters
TURFS starts with T and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read FRSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start TURFS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TURFS?
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 99 - and most players walked straight past it.
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