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TOUSLE
Definition of TOUSLE
verb
To put into disorder; to tumble; to touse; to muss.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English touselen, equivalent to touse + -le. Cognate with German Low German tuseln, Bavarian zusseln, züsseln.
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.
TOUSLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 39, 28 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 39, 28 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TOUSLE starts with T and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ELOSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 39
Could you have found TOUSLE?
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 39 - and most players walked straight past it.
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