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TARSEL
Definition of TARSEL
noun
Obsolete form of tercel.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
TARSEL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 62, 21 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 94, 22 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 62, 21 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TARSEL starts with T and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AELRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
11 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start TARSEL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TARSEL?
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 62 - and most players walked straight past it.
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