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TAMARACK
Definition of TAMARACK
noun
Any of several North American larches, of the genus Larix. especially, Larix laricina
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Canadian French tamarac, believed to derive from an Algonquian word. In European languages there was contamination between tacamahac, from Nahuatl, and various Algonquian words containing the final Proto-Algonquian *-a·xkw- (“hardwood or deciduous tree”), including the sources of tamarack and hackmatack, as was already recognized by Chamberlain 1902. This makes the precise Algonquian words involved difficult to recover.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
39th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.1%
of traced words share this origin (127)
branch · 0.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, TAMARACK · 1 relative 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.
TAMARACK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far. 43 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 148, 15 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 155, 22 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 19 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 148, 15 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TAMARACK starts with T and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read AAACKMRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start TAMARA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TAMARACK?
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 148 - and most players walked straight past it.
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