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TAPROOT
Definition of TAPROOT
noun
A long, tapering root, exhibited by many plant species (such as carrots and dandelions).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From tap + root. The oldest use (by Philemon Holland) is spaced as tap root. In the 18th and 19th centuries the standard spelling was tap-root.
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.
TAPROOT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 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
TAPROOT starts with T and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AOOPRTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T and O appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start TAPROO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TAPROOT?
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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