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TAWIE
Definition of TAWIE
adjective
Docile or tractable to the extent of allowing itself to be handled without complaint.
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Where it comes from
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
TAWIE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 37, 26 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 37, 26 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TAWIE starts with T and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEITW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 TAWIE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 37
Could you have found TAWIE?
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 37 - and most players walked straight past it.
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