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TOOTHLESS
Definition of TOOTHLESS
adjective
Having no teeth.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English tothles, from Old English tōþlēas, from Proto-Germanic *tanþlausaz (“toothless”), equivalent to tooth + -less. Cognate with Dutch tandeloos (“toothless”), German Low German tannlos (“toothless”), German zahnlos (“toothless”), Danish tandløs (“toothless”), Swedish tandlös (“toothless”), Icelandic tannlaus (“toothless”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,940)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, TOOTHLESS · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, Icelandic, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
TOOTHLESS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far. 21 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 118, 15 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 146, 13 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.
First found by a player on Day 118, 15 September 2026.
Built from these letters
TOOTHLESS starts with T and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EHLOOSSTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T, O and S appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start TOOTHL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TOOTHLESS?
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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