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TESHUVA

/tɛˈʃuːvə/7 letters

Definition of TESHUVA

noun

The Jewish concept of penitence.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Hebrew תְּשׁוּבָה (t'shuvá, literally “return”), from ש־ו־ב (“return”).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

Line of descent

  1. Hebrew
  2. English

One recorded step before English.

Hebrew

Deepest traced root

17th

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

0.7%

of traced words share this origin (574)

Semitic

branch · 2.1% of traced words

How it is built

noun3 syllables

Every Hebrew word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

TESHUVA in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 2 boards so far.

Day 1Day 174
Its 2 boards, across 174 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
2
Boards found on
143
First board
147
Latest board
4
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 143, 10 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 27 days.

First ever to find it

jalfyPATRONContributor

on Day 143, 10 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

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

TESHUVA starts with T and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AEHSTUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Could you have found TESHUVA?

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 143 - and most players walked straight past it.

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