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TEASEL
Definition of TEASEL
noun
Any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English tasel, tesel, from Old English tǣsel, tǣsl, from Proto-West Germanic *taisilu.
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.
TEASEL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 34, 23 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 91, 19 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 34, 23 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TEASEL starts with T and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AEELST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start TEASEL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TEASEL?
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 34 - and most players walked straight past it.
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