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TAPIR

/ˈteɪpiːə(ɹ)/5 letters

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).

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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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 34 boards so far. 142 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 96
Its 34 boards, across 96 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
34
Boards found on
19
First board
96
Latest board
11
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 96, 24 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First found by a player on Day 19, 8 June 2026.

Built from these letters

TAPIR
5
Letters
2
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

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.

Words that start TAPIR

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

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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