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TAMPERINGS
Definition of TAMPERINGS
noun
plural of tampering
TAMPER · via tampering
noun
A person or thing that tamps. A tool used to tamp something down, such as tobacco in a pipe.
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Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
TAMPERINGS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 21 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 31, 20 June 2026.
Built from these letters
TAMPERINGS starts with T and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEGIMNPRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 TAMPER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 31
Could you have found TAMPERINGS?
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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.
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