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TAFFRAIL
Definition of TAFFRAIL
noun
The curved wooden top of the stern of a sailing man-of-war or East Indiaman, usually carved or decorated.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From either tafferel or aft rail, by false alteration.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, TAFFRAIL · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
TAFFRAIL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 145, 12 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TAFFRAIL starts with T and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AAFFILRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and F appear more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found TAFFRAIL?
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 145 - and most players walked straight past it.
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