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TACKEY
Definition of TACKEY
noun
A scrubby, neglected horse.
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Where it comes from
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “variant spelling of tacky?”)
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Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
TACKEY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 136, 3 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First found by a player on Day 136, 3 October 2026.
Built from these letters
TACKEY starts with T and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ACEKTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found TACKEY?
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 136 - and most players walked straight past it.
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