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TINDAL
Definition of TINDAL
noun
A petty officer among lascars; a boatswain's mate; a cockswain.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Malayalam തണ്ടല് (taṇṭal) or Telugu తండేలు (taṇḍēlu), ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *tanḍal-.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
TINDAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 52, 11 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 73, 1 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 38 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 52, 11 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TINDAL starts with T and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ADILNT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start TINDAL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 52
Could you have found TINDAL?
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 52 - and most players walked straight past it.
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