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TAJINE

/təˈʒiːn/6 letters

Definition of TAJINE

noun

An earthenware cooking pot of North African origin, consisting of a shallow, round dish without handles and a tall, conical or dome-shaped lid.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Moroccan Arabic طَجِين (ṭajīn), from Arabic طَاجِن (ṭājin, “shallow earthen pot”), from Ancient Greek τάγηνον (tágēnon, “frying pan, saucepan”), further etymology unknown.

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.

TAJINE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 17 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 119
Its 10 boards, across 119 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
10
Boards found on
51
First board
119
Latest board
14
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 51, 10 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 119, 16 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

bigskygal17SUPPORTER

on Day 51, 10 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

TAJINE
6
Letters
3
Vowels
3
Consonants
6
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

TAJINE starts with T and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEIJNT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses J - among the least common letters in written English.

Words that start TAJINE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

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