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TEAKS
Definition of TEAKS
noun
plural of teak
noun
An extremely durable timber highly valued for shipbuilding and other purposes, yielded by Tectona grandis (and Tectona spp.).
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Word DNA
TEAKS inherits its ancestry from its root, TEAK.
Line of descent
- Malay
- Portuguese
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
28th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
0.3%
of traced words share this origin (97)
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.
TEAKS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 32 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 51, 10 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 136, 3 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 51, 10 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TEAKS starts with T and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEKST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
5 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 51
Could you have found TEAKS?
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 51 - and most players walked straight past it.
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