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TIRE
Definition of TIRE
verb
To become sleepy or weary.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English tiren, tirien, teorien, from Old English tȳrian, tēorian (“to fail, cease, become weary, be tired, exhausted; tire, weary, exhaust”), of uncertain origin. Possibly from Proto-West Germanic *teuʀōn (“to cease”), which is possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dews- (“to fail, be behind, lag”). Compare Ancient Greek δεύομαι (deúomai, “to lack”), Sanskrit दोष (dóṣa, “crime, fault, vice, deficiency”).
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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.
TIRE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 21 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 1, 22 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First found by a player on Day 29, 18 June 2026.
Built from these letters
TIRE starts with T and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EIRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start TIRE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 1
Could you have found TIRE?
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 1 - and most players walked straight past it.
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