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TALLOWING
Definition of TALLOWING
noun
The act of applying tallow.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From tallow + -ing.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, TALLOW · 4 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.
TALLOWING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 21 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 137, 4 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TALLOWING starts with T and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AGILLNOTW - 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 TALLOWING?
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 137 - and most players walked straight past it.
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