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TALA
Definition of TALA
noun
The currency of Samoa, divided into 100 sene.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Samoan tālā, in turn from English dollar.
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.
TALA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 75, 3 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 45 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 75, 3 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TALA starts with T and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AALT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start TALA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TALA?
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 75 - and most players walked straight past it.
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