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TWEAK
Definition of TWEAK
verb
To pinch and pull with a sudden jerk and twist; to twitch.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English twikken, from Old English twiccian (“to pluck”), from Proto-West Germanic *twekkōn (“to fasten; clamp; pinch”). Related to twitch. The drug-related sense may be a blend of twitch and freak.
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.
TWEAK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 22 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 107, 4 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 8, 29 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TWEAK starts with T and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read AEKTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start TWEAK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found TWEAK?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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