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TACTFUL
Definition of TACTFUL
adjective
Possessing tact; able to deal with people in a sensitive manner.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From tact + -ful.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
TACTFUL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 117, 14 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 120, 17 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 117, 14 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TACTFUL starts with T and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ACFLTTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once.
Words that start TACTFU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TACTFUL?
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 117 - and most players walked straight past it.
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