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TANNIC
Definition of TANNIC
adjective
Pertaining to, containing, or obtained from tannin.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French tannique, from tan. By surface analysis, tann- + -ic.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
7.2%
of traced words share this origin (2,118)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
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.
TANNIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far. 90 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First found by a player on Day 90, 18 August 2026.
Built from these letters
TANNIC starts with T and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ACINNT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found TANNIC?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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