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TESTER

/ˈtɛstə/6 letters

Definition of TESTER

noun

A canopy over a bed.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Middle English tester, from Old French testre, from Latin testura.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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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.

TESTER in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 119
Its one board, across 119 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
118
First board
1
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First ever to find it

bacon

on Day 118, 15 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

TESTER
6
Letters
2
Vowels
4
Consonants
4
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

TESTER starts with T and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EERSTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T and E appear 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.

Words that start TESTER

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

TESTERNTESTERSTESTERNSTESTERNEDTESTERNING

Could you have found TESTER?

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 118 - and most players walked straight past it.

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