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TETTEROUS

9 letters

Definition of TETTEROUS

adjective

Having the character of, or pertaining to, tetter (the skin condition).

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From tetter + -ous.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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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.

TETTEROUS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 120
Its one board, across 120 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
106
First board
14
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.

First ever to find it

seabContributor

on Day 106, 3 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

TETTEROUS
9
Letters
4
Vowels
5
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

TETTEROUS starts with T and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EEORSTTTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T and E appear more than once, including a double letter.

Words that start TETTER

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found TETTEROUS?

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 106 - and most players walked straight past it.

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