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TATTERS
Definition of TATTERS
noun
Ragged clothing or fabric, paper, etc.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Cognate with Old English tættec, tætteca.
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.
TATTERS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 106, 3 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TATTERS starts with T and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AERSTTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start TATTER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TATTERS?
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 106 - and most players walked straight past it.
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