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RATTAILS
Definition of RATTAILS
noun
plural of rattail
noun
Any of the large dark-colored deep-sea fish of the Macrouridae family of ray-finned fish.
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Word DNA
RATTAILS inherits its ancestry from its root, RATTAIL.
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.
RATTAILS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 20 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 138, 5 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RATTAILS starts with R and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AAILRSTT - 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 RATTAILS?
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 138 - and most players walked straight past it.
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