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TALLOWY
Definition of TALLOWY
adjective
Resembling tallow.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From late Middle English talowy; equivalent to tallow + -y.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.2%
of traced words share this origin (5,297)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
TALLOWY 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 167, 3 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First found by a player on Day 137, 4 October 2026.
Built from these letters
TALLOWY starts with T and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ALLOTWY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once, including a double letter.
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 TALLOW
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TALLOWY?
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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