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TAKIN
Definition of TAKIN
noun
A goat-antelope, of species Budorcas taxicolor.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From a Tibeto-Burman language, probably Miju or Taraon.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
TAKIN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 113, 10 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First found by a player on Day 31, 20 June 2026.
Built from these letters
TAKIN starts with T and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AIKNT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start TAKIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 31
Could you have found TAKIN?
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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.
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