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TAPETUM
Definition of TAPETUM
noun
A membranous layer of tissue.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin tapētum. Further from Ancient Greek τάπης (tápēs). Doublet of tapet.
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.
TAPETUM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 106, 3 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TAPETUM starts with T and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read AEMPTTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once.
Could you have found TAPETUM?
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 106 - and most players walked straight past it.
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