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TEASELING
Definition of TEASELING
verb
present participle and gerund of teasel
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Word DNA
TEASELING inherits its ancestry from its root, TEASEL.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
3.1%
of traced words share this origin (888)
branch · 22.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, TEASEL · 2 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.
TEASELING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 61, 20 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 126, 23 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First found by a player on Day 61, 20 July 2026.
Built from these letters
TEASELING starts with T and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AEEGILNST - 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 TEASELING?
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 61 - and most players walked straight past it.
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