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TARNISH
Definition of TARNISH
noun
Oxidation or discoloration, especially of a decorative metal exposed to air.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English ternysshen, from Old French terniss-, stem of ternir (“to make dim, make wan”), borrowed from Old High German *ternen, tarnen, from Proto-West Germanic *darnijan (“to conceal”). Doublet of dern and darn.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
TARNISH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 23 boards so far. 38 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 23, 12 June 2026.
Built from these letters
TARNISH starts with T and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read AHINRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start TARNIS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found TARNISH?
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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.
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