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TWINKIE

/ˈtwɪŋki/7 letters

Definition of TWINKIE

noun

A generic snack product consisting of an oblong yellow cake with a creamy white filling.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Genericized trademark of Twinkie.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

TWINKIE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 5 boards so far.

Day 1Day 102
Its 5 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
5
Boards found on
26
First board
95
Latest board
25
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.

First found by a player on Day 26, 15 June 2026.

Built from these letters

TWINKIE
7
Letters
3
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

TWINKIE starts with T and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EIIKNTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.

Words that start TWINKI

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

TWINKIESTWINKING

Could you have found TWINKIE?

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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.

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