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TOTTER
Definition of TOTTER
verb
To walk, move or stand unsteadily or falteringly; threatening to fall.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English totren, toteren, from earlier *tolteren (compare dialectal English tolter (“to struggle, flounder”); Scots tolter (“unstable, wonky”)), from Old English tealtrian (“to totter, vacillate”), from Proto-Germanic *taltrōną, a frequentative form of Proto-Germanic *taltōną (“to sway, dangle, hesitate”), from Proto-Indo-European *del-, *dul- (“to shake, hesitate”). Cognate with Dutch touteren (“to tremble”), Norwegian dialectal totra (“to quiver, shake”), North Frisian talt, tolt (“unstable, shaky”). Related to tilt.
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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.
TOTTER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 106, 3 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TOTTER starts with T and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EORTTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start TOTTER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TOTTER?
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 106 - and most players walked straight past it.
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