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TAENIAFUGE
Definition of TAENIAFUGE
noun
Alternative form of taenifuge.
TAENIFUGE
noun
A medicine to expel tapeworms from a body.
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Word DNA
TAENIAFUGE inherits its ancestry from its root, TAENIFUGE.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.2%
of traced words share this origin (9,517)
branch · 12.2% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, TAENIFUGE · 4 relatives 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.
TAENIAFUGE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 94, 22 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 19 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 94, 22 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TAENIAFUGE starts with T and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AAEEFGINTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and E appear more than once.
Words that start TAENIA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TAENIAFUGE?
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 94 - and most players walked straight past it.
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