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TAUNT
Definition of TAUNT
verb
To make fun of (someone); to goad (a person) into responding, often in an aggressive manner.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle French tanter (“to tempt, try, provoke”), variant of Old French tempter (“to try”). Doublet of tempt.
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.
TAUNT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far. 17 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 111, 8 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TAUNT starts with T and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ANTTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once.
Words that start TAUNT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TAUNT?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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