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TACITURN
Definition of TACITURN
adjective
Silent; temperamentally untalkative; disinclined to speak.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Back-formation from taciturnity, from Middle English taciturnite, from Latin taciturnitās; or alternatively from French taciturne, likely reinforced by Latin taciturnus, from tacitus (“secret, tacit”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- Latin
- Middle English
- English
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
5.3%
of traced words share this origin (4,194)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, TACITURN · 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.
TACITURN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 568 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TACITURN starts with T and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ACINRTTU - 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 TACITU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TACITURN?
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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