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TULCHAN
Definition of TULCHAN
noun
A calfskin stuffed with straw and given to a cow, as if living, to induce her to give milk.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic tulachan.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Scottish Gaelic
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
38th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
0.2%
of traced words share this origin (49)
branch · 0.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, TULCHAN · 1 relative 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.
TULCHAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 15, 4 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 124, 21 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 25 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 15, 4 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TULCHAN starts with T and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ACHLNTU - 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.
Could you have found TULCHAN?
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 15 - and most players walked straight past it.
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