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TACHISM
Definition of TACHISM
noun
A French style of abstract painting popular in the 1940s and 1950s.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French tachisme, from tache (“stain”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
7.2%
of traced words share this origin (2,085)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, TACHISM · 1 relative 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.
TACHISM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 87, 15 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 87, 15 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TACHISM starts with T and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read ACHIMST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start TACHIS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TACHISM?
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 87 - and most players walked straight past it.
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