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TATOUAY
Definition of TATOUAY
noun
An armadillo (Cabassous tatouay), native to tropical South America; the broad-banded armadillo.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From a compound word in a Tupi-Guarani language (compare tatu-ai), of which the first element is ultimately from Old Tupi tatu (“armadillo”). Compare Portuguese tatu, French tatou. The second element (ay or ai) may mean "wound" because of a belief that its fat was used on wounds, or "colored", or "worthless".
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.
TATOUAY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 111, 8 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 111, 8 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TATOUAY starts with T and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AAOTTUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T and A appear more than once.
Words that start TATOUA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TATOUAY?
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 111 - and most players walked straight past it.
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