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RATTAIL
Definition of RATTAIL
noun
Any of the large dark-colored deep-sea fish of the Macrouridae family of ray-finned fish.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From rat + tail: all of the nonliteral senses come from something else's fancied resemblance to the tail of a rat.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, RATTAIL · 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.
RATTAIL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First found by a player on Day 137, 4 October 2026.
Built from these letters
RATTAIL starts with R and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AAILRTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and T appear more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found RATTAIL?
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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