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TAFFRAILS
Definition of TAFFRAILS
noun
plural of taffrail
TAFFRAIL
noun
The curved wooden top of the stern of a sailing man-of-war or East Indiaman, usually carved or decorated.
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Word DNA
TAFFRAILS inherits its ancestry from its root, TAFFRAIL.
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.
TAFFRAILS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 132, 29 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TAFFRAILS starts with T and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AAFFILRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and F appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start TAFFRA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TAFFRAILS?
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 132 - and most players walked straight past it.
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