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TWINKLE
Definition of TWINKLE
verb
To shine with a flickering light; to glimmer.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English twinclen, twynclen, from Old English twinclian (“to twinkle”), equivalent to twink (“to wink; blink; twinkle”) + -le (frequentative suffix). Compare German zwinkern (“to wink; twinkle”).
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.
TWINKLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 48 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 10, 30 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 10, 30 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TWINKLE starts with T and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EIKLNTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start TWINKL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 10
Could you have found TWINKLE?
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 10 - and most players walked straight past it.
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