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TINKLES
Definition of TINKLES
noun
plural of tinkle
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Word DNA
TINKLES inherits its ancestry from its root, TINKLE.
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.2%
of traced words share this origin (4,849)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, TINKLE · 6 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch, German.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
TINKLES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 79, 7 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 79, 7 August 2026.
Built from these letters
TINKLES starts with T and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EIKLNST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 TINKLE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TINKLES?
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 79 - and most players walked straight past it.
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