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RINGTAIL
Definition of RINGTAIL
noun
A ring-tailed animal, notably: Any of the two extant small nocturnal mammals in the genus Bassariscus, somewhat like raccoons, native to the southwestern United States and Central America. A North American ringtail, Bassariscus astutus
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Where it comes from
From ring + 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.
RINGTAIL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 44, 3 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 44, 3 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RINGTAIL starts with R and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AGIILNRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
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 RINGTA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 44
Could you have found RINGTAIL?
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 44 - and most players walked straight past it.
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