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TAINT
Definition of TAINT
noun
A contamination, decay or putrefaction, especially in food.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle French teint, from Old French teint (past participle of teindre (“to dye, to tinge”)), from Latin tinctum (past participle of tingere); compare tint.
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.
TAINT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 3, 24 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 106, 3 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 3, 24 May 2026.
Built from these letters
TAINT starts with T and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AINTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T 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.
Words that start TAINT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 3
Could you have found TAINT?
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 3 - and most players walked straight past it.
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