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TALISMAN
Definition of TALISMAN
noun
A magical object providing protection against ill will, or the supernatural, or conferring the wearer with a boon such as good luck, good health, or certain powers.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French talisman, partly from Arabic طِلَّسْم (ṭillasm, “payment”), from Ancient Greek τέλεσμα (télesma, “payment”); and partly directly from Byzantine Greek τέλεσμα (télesma, “talisman, religious rite, completion”), from τελέω (teléō, “to perform religious rites, to complete”), from τέλος (télos, “end, fulfillment, accomplishment, consummation, completion”). Doublet of telesm.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Arabic
- French
- English
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,666)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
TALISMAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 41 boards so far. 119 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 22, 11 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 22, 11 June 2026.
Built from these letters
TALISMAN starts with T and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AAILMNST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start TALISM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 22
Could you have found TALISMAN?
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 22 - and most players walked straight past it.
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