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TOUSIER
Definition of TOUSIER
Wiktionary has no entry for TOUSIER itself. This is its base word, TOUSY.
adjective
Tousled; tangled; rough; shaggy.
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Where it comes from
The origin recorded for TOUSY.
From touse + -y.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, TOUSE · 11 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
TOUSIER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 28 days.
Built from these letters
TOUSIER starts with T and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EIORSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 TOUSIE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TOUSIER?
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 141 - and most players walked straight past it.
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