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TENSE
Definition of TENSE
noun
The property of indicating the point in time at which an action or state of being occurs or exists.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English tens, from Old French tens (modern French temps), from Latin tempus. Doublet of tempo and tempus.
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.
TENSE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 55, 14 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 91, 19 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 55, 14 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TENSE starts with T and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EENST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
6 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start TENSE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 55
Could you have found TENSE?
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 55 - and most players walked straight past it.
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