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TACKING
Definition of TACKING
verb
present participle and gerund of tack
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Word DNA
TACKING inherits its ancestry from its root, TACK.
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.
TACKING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 10, 30 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 10, 30 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
TACKING starts with T and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ACGIKNT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start TACKIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 10
Could you have found TACKING?
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 10 - and most players walked straight past it.
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