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TEND
Definition of TEND
verb
To make a tender of; to offer or tender.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English tenden, from Middle French tendre, from Old French tendre (“to stretch, stretch out, hold forth, offer, tender”), from Latin tendere (“to stretch, stretch out, extend, spread out”).
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.
TEND in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 38, 27 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 42, 1 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 78 days.
First found by a player on Day 38, 27 June 2026.
Built from these letters
TEND starts with T and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DENT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start TEND
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 38
Could you have found TEND?
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 38 - and most players walked straight past it.
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