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TUSKING
Definition of TUSKING
verb
present participle and gerund 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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Word DNA
TUSKING inherits its ancestry from its root, TUSK.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (11,769)
How it is built
Same root, TUSK · 5 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Icelandic, Old Norse.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
TUSKING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 18 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 46, 5 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 46, 5 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TUSKING starts with T and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read GIKNSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start TUSKIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 46
Could you have found TUSKING?
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 46 - and most players walked straight past it.
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