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TELLY
Definition of TELLY
noun
Television.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Shortened form of tele(vision) + -y.
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.
TELLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 117, 14 September 2026.
Built from these letters
TELLY starts with T and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ELLTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start TELLY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TELLY?
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 117 - and most players walked straight past it.
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