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TALLOWS
Definition of TALLOWS
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative 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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Word DNA
TALLOWS inherits its ancestry from its root, TALLOW.
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
21st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.5%
of traced words share this origin (133)
branch · 0.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, TALLOW · 2 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
TALLOWS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 131, 28 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
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
TALLOWS starts with T and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ALLOSTW - 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 TALLOWS?
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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