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TAILGATES
Definition of TAILGATES
noun
plural of tailgate
noun
A hinged board or hatch at the rear of a vehicle that can be lowered for loading and unloading.
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Word DNA
TAILGATES inherits its ancestry from its root, TAILGATE.
How it is built
Same root, TAILGATE · 3 relatives 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.
TAILGATES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 21 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 148, 15 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TAILGATES starts with T and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AAEGILSTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T and A appear more than once.
Words that start TAILGA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TAILGATES?
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 148 - and most players walked straight past it.
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