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TAPHONOMIC
Definition of TAPHONOMIC
adjective
Of or pertaining to taphonomy (factors affecting an organism's remains after death).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From taphonomy + -ic.
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.
TAPHONOMIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 44, 3 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 96, 24 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 44, 3 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TAPHONOMIC starts with T and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ACHIMNOOPT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start TAPHON
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 44
Could you have found TAPHONOMIC?
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 44 - and most players walked straight past it.
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