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DUCKTAIL
Definition of DUCKTAIL
noun
A hairstyle in which the hair is swept back into an upturned point at the back.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From duck + tail.
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.
DUCKTAIL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 98, 26 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 98, 26 August 2026.
Built from these letters
DUCKTAIL starts with D and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ACDIKLTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found DUCKTAIL?
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 98 - and most players walked straight past it.
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