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TELFERS
Definition of TELFERS
noun
plural of telfer
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Word DNA
TELFERS inherits its ancestry from its root, TELPHER.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.3%
of traced words share this origin (10,543)
branch · 12.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, TELPHER · 10 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.
TELFERS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 128, 25 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 45 days.
Built from these letters
TELFERS starts with T and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EEFLRST - 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 TELFER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TELFERS?
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 128 - and most players walked straight past it.
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