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TENDERFOOT
Definition of TENDERFOOT
noun
An inexperienced person; a novice.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From tender + foot. Refers to the delicate feet of newcomers to ranching or mining areas. First attested 1866.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
TENDERFOOT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 166, 2 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 166, 2 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TENDERFOOT starts with T and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read DEEFNOORTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T, E and O appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start TENDER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TENDERFOOT?
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 166 - and most players walked straight past it.
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