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TANBARK
Definition of TANBARK
noun
The bark of the oak (or other trees) used as a source of tannin.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From tan + bark.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, TANBARK · 1 relative 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.
TANBARK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 144, 11 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 24 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 144, 11 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TANBARK starts with T and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read AABKNRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Could you have found TANBARK?
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 144 - and most players walked straight past it.
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