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TANTRA
Definition of TANTRA
noun
A Hindu or Buddhist religious or esoteric text.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Sanskrit तन्त्र (tantra), from Proto-Indo-European *ten-tlo- / *tn̥-tlo-, from *ten- (“to stretch, extend”) with the suffix *-tlom denoting instruments. Doublet of tar (“string instrument”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Proto-Indo-European
- Sanskrit
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
8.8%
of traced words share this origin (2,488)
How it is built
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
TANTRA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 138, 5 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TANTRA starts with T and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AANRTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T and A appear more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start TANTRA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TANTRA?
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 138 - and most players walked straight past it.
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