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TUSK
Definition of TUSK
noun
One of a pair of elongated pointed teeth (either cuspids or incisors) that extend outside the mouth of an animal such as walrus, elephant or wild boar, and which continue to grow throughout the animal's life.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English tusk (also tux, tusch), from Old English tūsc, tūx (“canine tooth, tusk, molar”), from Proto-West Germanic *tų̄sk, *tunsk, from Proto-Germanic *tunþskaz (“canine tooth”), extended form of *tanþs (“tooth”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts (“tooth”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Tusk (“tooth”), West Frisian tosk (“tooth”), Icelandic toskur (“a tusk, tooth”) (whence the Old Norse and Icelandic Ratatoskr and Ratatoskur respectively), Gothic 𐍄𐌿𐌽𐌸𐌿𐍃 (tunþus, “tooth”) and *𐍄𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌹 (*tundi, “thorn, tooth”). Doublet of tush. More at tooth.
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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.
TUSK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 37, 26 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 122, 19 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 37, 26 June 2026.
Built from these letters
TUSK starts with T and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read KSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start TUSK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 37
Could you have found TUSK?
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 37 - and most players walked straight past it.
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