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TEASE
Definition of TEASE
verb
To separate the fibres of (a fibrous material).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English tesen, from Old English tǣsan (“to tease”), from Proto-West Germanic *taisijan (“to separate, tug, shred”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
TEASE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 91, 19 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 17 days.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Also on
Built from these letters
TEASE starts with T and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEEST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
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 TEASE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found TEASE?
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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