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TACK
Definition of TACK
noun
A small nail with a flat head.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English tak, takke (“hook; staple; nail”), from Old Northern French taque (“nail, pin, peg”), from Frankish *takkō (“twig, branch, shoot”), of unknown origin, but possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dHgʰ-n-, from the root *déHgʰ- (“to pinch; to tear, rip, fray”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Takke (“bough; branch; twig”), West Frisian takke (“branch”), tûk (“branch, smart, sharp”), Dutch tak (“twig; branch; limb”), German Zacke (“jag; prong; spike; tooth; peak”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.3%
of traced words share this origin (11,259)
How it is built
Same root, TACK · 15 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch, German.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
TACK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 26 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 3, 24 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First found by a player on Day 32, 21 June 2026.
Built from these letters
TACK starts with T and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read ACKT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start TACK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 3
Could you have found TACK?
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