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TANDOORI
Definition of TANDOORI
adjective
Cooked in a tandoor.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Hindustani तन्दूरी (tandūrī) / تندوری (tandūrī), from Classical Persian تنوری (tanūrī).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Persian
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
18th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.6%
of traced words share this origin (510)
branch · 0.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, TANDOORI · 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.
TANDOORI in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 26 boards so far. 31 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 33, 22 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 160, 27 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 33, 22 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TANDOORI starts with T and ends with I. Sorted, its letters read ADINOORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start TANDOO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 33
Could you have found TANDOORI?
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 33 - and most players walked straight past it.
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