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TINE
Definition of TINE
noun
A spike or point on an implement or tool, especially a prong of a fork or a tooth of a comb.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English tine, alteration of Middle English tinde, tind, from Old English tind, from Proto-West Germanic *tind, Proto-Germanic *tindaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dénts (“tooth, peg”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Tiende, Tiene (“prong, tine”), German Zind, Zint (“prong”). Compare also the related English tind and German Zinne.
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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.
TINE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 25 boards so far. 37 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 12, 1 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 12, 1 June 2026.
Built from these letters
TINE starts with T and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EINT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start TINE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 12
Could you have found TINE?
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 12 - and most players walked straight past it.
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