The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
TALLIES
Definition of TALLIES
noun
plural of tally
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Word DNA
TALLIES inherits its ancestry from its root, TALLY.
How it is built
Same root, TALLY · 2 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.
TALLIES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 131, 28 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 131, 28 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TALLIES starts with T and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEILLST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once, including a double letter.
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 TALLIE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TALLIES?
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 131 - and most players walked straight past it.
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