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TORTUOUS
Definition of TORTUOUS
adjective
Twisted; having many turns; convoluted.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English tortuous, tortuose, from Anglo-Norman and Old French tortuos, from Latin tortuōsus, from tortus (“a twisting, winding”).
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.
TORTUOUS 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 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 118, 15 September 2026.
Built from these letters
TORTUOUS starts with T and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read OORSTTUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T, O and U appear more than once.
Words that start TORTUO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TORTUOUS?
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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