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TENSILE

/ˈtɛn.saɪ(ə)l/7 letters

Definition of TENSILE

adjective

Of or pertaining to tension.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Latin tēnsilis, from tendō (“to stretch”).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

TENSILE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 27 boards so far. 58 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 102
Its 27 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
27
Boards found on
29
First board
101
Latest board
13
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First ever to find it

ajdybantsa1

on Day 29, 18 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

TENSILE
7
Letters
3
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

TENSILE starts with T and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EEILNST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.

Same letters, different word

3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

LENITESLISENTESETLINE

Words that start TENSIL

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

TENSILELYTENSILITYTENSILENESSTENSILITIES

Could you have found TENSILE?

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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.

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