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TABULAR
Definition of TABULAR
adjective
Having a flat (planar) horizontal surface at top.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Late Latin tabulāris. By surface analysis, tabula + -ar, or, by surface analysis, table + -ar. Compare fabular.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,478)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
TABULAR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 28 boards so far. 69 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 42, 1 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TABULAR starts with T and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AABLRTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start TABULA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found TABULAR?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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