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TORTE
Definition of TORTE
noun
A rich, dense cake, typically made with many eggs and relatively little flour (as opposed to a sponge cake or gâteau).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from German Torte. Cognate to tart. Doublet of torta.
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.
TORTE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 117, 14 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 120, 17 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 117, 14 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TORTE starts with T and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EORTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once.
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 TORTE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TORTE?
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 117 - and most players walked straight past it.
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