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TALISMANED
Definition of TALISMANED
verb
simple past and past participle 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.
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Word DNA
TALISMANED inherits its ancestry from its root, TALISMAN.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Arabic
- French
- English
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.3%
of traced words share this origin (10,575)
branch · 12.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, TALISMAN · 3 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.
TALISMANED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 165, 1 November 2026. The most recent board was Day 175, 11 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 165, 1 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TALISMANED starts with T and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read AADEILMNST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A 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 TALISM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TALISMANED?
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 165 - and most players walked straight past it.
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