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TACKLE
Definition of TACKLE
noun
A device for grasping an object and an attached means of moving it, as a rope and hook.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English takel (“gear, apparatus”), from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German takel (“ship's rigging”), perhaps related to Middle Dutch taken (“to grasp, seize”). Akin to Danish takkel (“tackle”), Swedish tackel (“tackle”). More at take.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
29th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.3%
of traced words share this origin (80)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, TACKLE · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
TACKLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 19 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
TACKLE starts with T and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEKLT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start TACKLE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found TACKLE?
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