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TANTALISE
Definition of TANTALISE
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of tantalize.
TANTALIZE
verb
To tease (someone) by offering or showing them something desirable but leaving them unsatisfied.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Tantalus + -ise, see tantalize.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, TANTALIZE · 3 relatives 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.
TANTALISE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 138, 5 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TANTALISE starts with T and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AAEILNSTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T and A appear more than once.
Words that start TANTAL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TANTALISE?
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 138 - and most players walked straight past it.
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