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TENAILLE
Definition of TENAILLE
noun
An outwork in the main ditch of a fortification, in front of the curtain, between two bastions.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French tenaille (“a pair of pincers or tongs”), from its pincer-like shape, from Latin tenāculum. See tenaculum and tenaillon.
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.
TENAILLE 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 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 117, 14 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TENAILLE starts with T and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEEILLNT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and L appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start TENAIL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TENAILLE?
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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