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TAILENDER
Definition of TAILENDER
noun
One of the last four or five batsmen in the batting order, normally bowlers with limited batting ability; a member of the tail.
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Where it comes from
From tail end + -er.
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.
TAILENDER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 40, 29 June 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 55 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 40, 29 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TAILENDER starts with T and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ADEEILNRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 40
Could you have found TAILENDER?
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 40 - and most players walked straight past it.
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