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TOOTHLESS

/ˈtuθləs/9 letters

Definition of TOOTHLESS

adjective

Having no teeth.

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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).

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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.

TOOTHLESS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 120
Its one board, across 120 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
118
First board
2
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.

First found by a player on Day 118, 15 September 2026.

Built from these letters

TOOTHLESS
9
Letters
3
Vowels
6
Consonants
6
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

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.

TOOTHLIKE

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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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