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TOOTHBRUSH
Definition of TOOTHBRUSH
noun
A brush, used with toothpaste, for cleaning the teeth. [from 17th c.]
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From tooth + brush. Compare Saterland Frisian Tuskebäärsel (“toothbrush”), West Frisian toskboarstel (“toothbrush”), Dutch tandenborstel (“toothbrush”), German Zahnbürste (“toothbrush”), Danish tandbørste (“toothbrush”), Swedish tandborste (“toothbrush”), Icelandic tannbursti (“toothbrush”).
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.
TOOTHBRUSH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
Built from these letters
TOOTHBRUSH starts with T and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read BHHOORSTTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T, O and H appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start TOOTHB
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TOOTHBRUSH?
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 118 - and most players walked straight past it.
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