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TAILBONE
Definition of TAILBONE
noun
The final fused vertebrae at the base of the spine; the coccyx.
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Where it comes from
From tail + bone.
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.
TAILBONE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 33, 22 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 104, 1 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 17 days.
First found by a player on Day 33, 22 June 2026.
Built from these letters
TAILBONE starts with T and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ABEILNOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start TAILBO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 33
Could you have found TAILBONE?
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 33 - and most players walked straight past it.
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