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TATU

4 letters

Definition of TATU

noun

Archaic form of tattoo (“decorative ink design on the skin”).

TATTOO

noun

An image made on a body part, usually the skin with ink and a needle.

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Word DNA

How it is built

noun

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

TATU in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 2 boards so far.

Day 1Day 166
Its 2 boards, across 166 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
2
Boards found on
111
First board
148
Latest board
37
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 111, 8 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.

First ever to find it

belladimples1

on Day 111, 8 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

TATU
4
Letters
2
Vowels
2
Consonants
3
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

TATU starts with T and ends with U. Sorted, its letters read ATTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once.

Same letters, different word

One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

Words that start TATU

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

TATUSTATUEDTATUING

Could you have found TATU?

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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