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TENONER
Definition of TENONER
noun
A machine for forming tenons.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From tenon + -er.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, TENON · 1 relative 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.
TENONER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 132, 29 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TENONER starts with T and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EENNORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and N appear more than once.
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 TENONE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TENONER?
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 132 - and most players walked straight past it.
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