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TAWDRY
Definition of TAWDRY
noun
Tawdry lace.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Shortened from tawdry lace; originally a corruption and rebracketing of Saint Audrey lace (from Old English Æðelþrȳð). The lace necklaces sold to pilgrims to Saint Audrey fell out of fashion in the 17th century, and so tawdry was reinterpreted as meaning “cheap” or “vulgar”.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, TAWDRY · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Old English.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
TAWDRY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 70 boards so far. 310 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 28, 17 June 2026.
Built from these letters
TAWDRY starts with T and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ADRTWY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found TAWDRY?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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