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TETHERBALL
Definition of TETHERBALL
noun
A two-person sport where players hit a ball on the end of a tether attached to the top of a pole in opposite directions, and the winner is the one who manages to make the tether wrap all the way round the pole.
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Where it comes from
Compound of tether + ball.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
TETHERBALL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 35 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 137, 4 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TETHERBALL starts with T and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ABEEHLLRTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T, E and L appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start TETHER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TETHERBALL?
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 137 - and most players walked straight past it.
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