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TUSSOCK
Definition of TUSSOCK
noun
A tuft or clump of green grass or similar verdure, forming a small hillock.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Uncertain. Likely from or related to tusk + -ock (diminutive suffix). Compare Middle High German zūsach (“thicket”), a derivative of Middle High German zūse (“lock of hair”). Compare also Scottish Gaelic dosag (“little tuft”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Its etymology also names German, Scottish Gaelic.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
TUSSOCK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 20 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TUSSOCK starts with T and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read CKOSSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start TUSSOC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TUSSOCK?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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