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TOOLMAN
Definition of TOOLMAN
noun
A person who works with tools.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From tool + -man.
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.
TOOLMAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 96, 24 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 96, 24 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TOOLMAN starts with T and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ALMNOOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start TOOLMA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TOOLMAN?
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 96 - and most players walked straight past it.
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