The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
TABLET
Definition of TABLET
noun
A slab of clay, stone or wood used for inscription.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English tablet, from Old French tablete (Modern French tablette), diminutive of table (“table”). Compare English table, -et.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old French
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,514)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, TABLET · 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.
TABLET in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 120, 17 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 39 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 120, 17 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TABLET starts with T and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ABELTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start TABLET
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TABLET?
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 120 - and most players walked straight past it.
Play today's OUTLIER