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TACIT

/ˈtæsɪt/5 letters

Definition of TACIT

adjective

Implied, but not made explicit, especially through silence.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Borrowed from late Middle French tacite, or from Latin tacitus (“that is passed over in silence, done without words, assumed as a matter of course, silent”), from tacere (“to be silent”).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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

TACIT in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far. 243 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 96
Its one board, across 96 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
90
First board
6
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.

First ever to find it

lecagle

on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

TACIT
5
Letters
2
Vowels
3
Consonants
4
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

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

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 TACIT

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

TACITLYTACITURNTACITNESSTACITURNLYTACITNESSESTACITURNITYTACITURNITIES

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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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.

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