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TEAK
Definition of TEAK
noun
An extremely durable timber highly valued for shipbuilding and other purposes, yielded by Tectona grandis (and Tectona spp.).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Derived from Portuguese teca, from Malayalam തേക്ക് (tēkkŭ) / Tamil தேக்கு (tēkku).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Malay
- Portuguese
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
28th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.3%
of traced words share this origin (100)
branch · 0.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, TEAK · 1 relative 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.
TEAK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 28 boards so far. 116 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 8, 29 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TEAK starts with T and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read AEKT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start TEAK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found TEAK?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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