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TORTOISESHELL
Definition of TORTOISESHELL
noun
The horny, translucent, mottled covering of the carapace of the hawksbill turtle, used as a veneer etc.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From tortoise + shell.
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.
TORTOISESHELL 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 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 118, 15 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TORTOISESHELL starts with T and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read EEHILLOORSSTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T, O, S, E and L appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start TORTOISES
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TORTOISESHELL?
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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