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TAILZIES
Definition of TAILZIES
noun
plural of tailzie
noun
An entailment or deed whereby the legal course of succession is cut off, and an arbitrary one substituted.
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Word DNA
TAILZIES inherits its ancestry from its root, TAILZIE.
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
5.3%
of traced words share this origin (4,521)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, TAILZIE · 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.
TAILZIES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 165, 1 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First found by a player on Day 165, 1 November 2026.
Built from these letters
TAILZIES starts with T and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEIILSTZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Could you have found TAILZIES?
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 165 - and most players walked straight past it.
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