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TIGHTENERS
Definition of TIGHTENERS
noun
plural of tightener
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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.
TIGHTENERS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
Built from these letters
TIGHTENERS starts with T and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EEGHINRSTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T and E appear 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 TIGHTE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TIGHTENERS?
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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