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TAMALES
Definition of TAMALES
noun
plural of tamal
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Spanish tamales. As the plural of tamale, partly also regularly formed from tamale + -s.
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.
TAMALES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 49, 8 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 49, 8 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
TAMALES starts with T and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AAELMST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 49
Could you have found TAMALES?
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 49 - and most players walked straight past it.
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