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BUCKTAILS
Definition of BUCKTAILS
noun
plural of bucktail
BUCKTAIL
noun
The tail of a deer, traditionally used as a fishing lure.
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Word DNA
BUCKTAILS inherits its ancestry from its root, BUCKTAIL.
How it is built
Same root, BUCKTAIL · 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.
BUCKTAILS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 136, 3 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First found by a player on Day 136, 3 October 2026.
Built from these letters
BUCKTAILS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABCIKLSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BUCKTA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BUCKTAILS?
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 136 - and most players walked straight past it.
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