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TAMARIN
Definition of TAMARIN
noun
One of a family of squirrel-sized South American monkeys of the genus Saguinus.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Spanish tamarín (“tamarin”), from tupi-guarani tamari.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Spanish
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
11th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
1.5%
of traced words share this origin (427)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, TAMARIN · 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.
TAMARIN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 50, 9 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 50, 9 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TAMARIN starts with T and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AAIMNRT - 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 TAMARI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 50
Could you have found TAMARIN?
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 50 - and most players walked straight past it.
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