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TALLOW
Definition of TALLOW
noun
A hard animal fat obtained from suet, etc.; used in cooking as well as to make candles, soap and lubricants.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English talow, talgh, from Old English *tealh, *tealg, (compare Old English tælg, telg (“dye”)), from Proto-West Germanic *talg, from Proto-Germanic *talgaz (compare Dutch talg, German Talg), from Proto-Indo-European *del- (“to flow”) (compare Middle Irish delt (“dew”), Old Armenian տեղ (teł, “heavy rain”)).
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.
TALLOW in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 110, 7 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TALLOW starts with T and ends with W. Sorted, its letters read ALLOTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start TALLOW
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TALLOW?
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 110 - and most players walked straight past it.
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