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URGE
Definition of URGE
noun
A strong desire to do something.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin urgeō (“urge”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
URGE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 32, 21 June 2026.
Built from these letters
URGE starts with U and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EGRU - 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 URGE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found URGE?
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 32 - and most players walked straight past it.
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