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TABLES
Definition of TABLES
noun
plural of table
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Word DNA
TABLES inherits its ancestry from its root, TABLE.
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,286)
branch · 12.9% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, TABLE · 5 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.
TABLES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 34, 23 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 136, 3 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 20 days.
First found by a player on Day 34, 23 June 2026.
Built from these letters
TABLES starts with T and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABELST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
6 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start TABLES
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 34
Could you have found TABLES?
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 34 - and most players walked straight past it.
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