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TAMOXIFEN
Definition of TAMOXIFEN
noun
A nonsteroidal estrogen antagonist used in the treatment of postmenopausal breast cancer and infertility in women.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From t(rans)- + am(ine) + oxy- + phen(yl).
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.
TAMOXIFEN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 16, 5 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 119, 16 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 16, 5 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TAMOXIFEN starts with T and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AEFIMNOTX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Also seen on Day 16
Could you have found TAMOXIFEN?
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 16 - and most players walked straight past it.
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