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OUTTAKE
Definition of OUTTAKE
noun
A portion of a recording (a take) that is not included in the final version of a film or a musical album, often because it contains a mistake.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English outtaken (“to take out”), equivalent to out- + take.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.2%
of traced words share this origin (5,283)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, OUTTAKE · 2 relatives 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.
OUTTAKE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 167, 3 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First found by a player on Day 137, 4 October 2026.
Built from these letters
OUTTAKE starts with O and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEKOTTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once, including a double letter.
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 OUTTAK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found OUTTAKE?
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 137 - and most players walked straight past it.
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