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TASER
Definition of TASER
noun
A Taser, a handheld device made by Taser International intended to immobilize another by delivering an electric shock.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Acronym of the science fiction story Tom Swift and His Electric Rifle. Coined in the early 1970s by the inventor Jack Cover originally as TSER, to which he later added the letter A to ease pronunciation. Genericization of the trademark Taser.
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.
TASER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 1, 22 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 29, 18 June 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 72 days.
First found by a player on Day 25, 14 June 2026.
Built from these letters
TASER starts with T and ends with R. 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.
Words that start TASER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 1
Could you have found TASER?
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 1 - and most players walked straight past it.
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