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TAINS
Definition of TAINS
Wiktionary has no entry for TAINS itself. This is its base word, TAIN.
noun
Thin tin plate
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The origin recorded for TAIN.
From Middle English tein, teyne; compare Icelandic teinn (“a twig”).
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.
TAINS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 45, 4 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 45, 4 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TAINS starts with T and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AINST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
7 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 45
Could you have found TAINS?
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 45 - and most players walked straight past it.
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