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TANUKIS
Definition of TANUKIS
noun
plural of tanuki
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Word DNA
TANUKIS inherits its ancestry from its root, TANUKI.
Line of descent
- Japanese
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
25th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.4%
of traced words share this origin (311)
branch · 0.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, TANUKI · 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.
TANUKIS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 47, 6 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 47, 6 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TANUKIS starts with T and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AIKNSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found TANUKIS?
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 47 - and most players walked straight past it.
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