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TINKLE
Definition of TINKLE
verb
To make light metallic sounds, rather like a very small bell.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English tinclen, equivalent to tink + -le (frequentative suffix). Cognate with West Frisian tinkelje (“to tinkle”), Dutch tinkelen (“to tinkle”), German Low German tinkeln (“to flicker, glitter, sparkle”).
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.
TINKLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
TINKLE starts with T and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EIKLNT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start TINKLE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found TINKLE?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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