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TAPIR
Definition of TAPIR
noun
An odd-toed ungulate of the genus Tapirus with a long prehensile upper lip.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French tapir, from Old Tupi tapi'ira.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
7.2%
of traced words share this origin (2,056)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, TAPIR · 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.
TAPIR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 62 boards so far. 224 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 19, 8 June 2026.
Built from these letters
TAPIR starts with T and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AIPRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found TAPIR?
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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
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