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TAWSED
Definition of TAWSED
verb
simple past and past participle of tawse
noun
A leather strap or thong which is split into (typically three) tails, used for corporal punishment in schools, applied to the palm of the hands or buttocks.
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, TAWS · 3 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
TAWSED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 55, 14 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 55, 14 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
TAWSED starts with T and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADESTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 55
Could you have found TAWSED?
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 55 - and most players walked straight past it.
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