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TARES
Definition of TARES
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of tare
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Word DNA
TARES inherits its ancestry from its root, TARE.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.3%
of traced words share this origin (2,636)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, TARE · 2 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.
TARES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 27 boards so far. 42 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 155, 22 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 25, 14 June 2026.
Built from these letters
TARES starts with T and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AERST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
12 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found TARES?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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