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TURNS
Definition of TURNS
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of turn
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Word DNA
TURNS inherits its ancestry from its root, TURN.
Line of descent
7 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (11,843)
How it is built
Same root, TURN · 6 relatives in the game
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.
TURNS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 34, 23 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First found by a player on Day 34, 23 June 2026.
Built from these letters
TURNS starts with T and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read NRSTU - 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 TURNS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 34
Could you have found TURNS?
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 34 - and most players walked straight past it.
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