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TICHEL
Definition of TICHEL
noun
A headscarf often worn by married orthodox Jewish women in compliance with the code of modesty known as tzniut, though individuals from other sects of Judaism also wear them depending on personal choice.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Yiddish טיכל (tikhl), compare German Tuch (“cloth”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Yiddish
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
30th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.3%
of traced words share this origin (213)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, TICHEL · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names German.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
TICHEL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 149, 16 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 169, 5 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 149, 16 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TICHEL starts with T and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read CEHILT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found TICHEL?
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 149 - and most players walked straight past it.
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