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TIGERISH
Definition of TIGERISH
adjective
Having the characteristics of a tiger.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English *tigrish, *tygrisch, from Old English tigrisċ (“of a tiger; tigerish”), equivalent to tiger + -ish.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old English
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.1%
of traced words share this origin (1,232)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
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.
TIGERISH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 38, 27 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 38, 27 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TIGERISH starts with T and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read EGHIIRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start TIGERI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 38
Could you have found TIGERISH?
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 38 - and most players walked straight past it.
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