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TANKINI
Definition of TANKINI
noun
A bathing suit composed of a tank top and the lower half of a bikini.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Blend of tank top + bikini.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, TANKINI · 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.
TANKINI in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 34 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TANKINI starts with T and ends with I. Sorted, its letters read AIIKNNT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N and I appear more than once.
Words that start TANKIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TANKINI?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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