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TEFLON
Definition of TEFLON
noun
Synonym of polytetrafluoroethylene, PTFE.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Genericization of trademark Teflon.
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.
TEFLON in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 63, 22 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 46 days.
First found by a player on Day 24, 13 June 2026.
Built from these letters
TEFLON starts with T and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read EFLNOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found TEFLON?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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