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TURGENCY
Definition of TURGENCY
noun
The state or quality of being turgent.
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, TURGENCY · 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.
TURGENCY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 100, 28 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 100, 28 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TURGENCY starts with T and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CEGNRTUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start TURGEN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TURGENCY?
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 100 - and most players walked straight past it.
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