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TALISMANIC
Definition of TALISMANIC
adjective
Of, relating to, or similar to, a talisman.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From talisman + -ic.
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.
TALISMANIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 40, 29 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 40, 29 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TALISMANIC starts with T and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read AACIILMNST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and I appear more than once.
Words that start TALISM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 40
Could you have found TALISMANIC?
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 40 - and most players walked straight past it.
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