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TAMER

/ˈteɪmɚ/5 letters

Definition of TAMER

noun

One who tames or subdues.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From tame (verb) + -er (suffix forming agent nouns).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

noun1 syllablecompound-er

Same root, TAM · 1 relative in the game

TAM

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

TAMER in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 18 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 155
Its 17 boards, across 155 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
17
Boards found on
7
First board
154
Latest board
35
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.

Built from these letters

TAMER
5
Letters
2
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

TAMER starts with T and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AEMRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Same letters, different word

4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

Words that start TAMER

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found TAMER?

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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.

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