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TWEELS
Definition of TWEELS
noun
plural of tweel
TWILL · via tweel
noun
A pattern, characterised by diagonal ridges, created by the regular interlacing of threads of the warp and weft during weaving.
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Word DNA
TWEELS inherits its ancestry from its root, TWILL.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.5%
of traced words share this origin (24,890)
branch · 30.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, TWILL · 4 relatives 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.
TWEELS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 78, 6 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 160, 27 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 78, 6 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TWEELS starts with T and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EELSTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once, including a double letter.
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 TWEELS?
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 78 - and most players walked straight past it.
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