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TERCELET
Definition of TERCELET
noun
A male falcon, especially a peregrine falcon or goshawk; a tiercel.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English tercelet, from Old French tercelet; equivalent to tiercel + -et.
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.
TERCELET in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 120, 17 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 120, 17 September 2026.
Built from these letters
TERCELET starts with T and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read CEEELRTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T and E 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 TERCEL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TERCELET?
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 120 - and most players walked straight past it.
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