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TARDIGRADE
Definition of TARDIGRADE
adjective
Sluggish; moving slowly.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin tardigradus (“slowly stepping”), from tardus (“slow”) + gradior (“step, walk”), equivalent to Latin tardus + -i- + -grade.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (24,117)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, TARDIGRADE · 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.
TARDIGRADE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 141, 8 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 141, 8 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TARDIGRADE starts with T and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AADDEGIRRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A, R and D appear more than once.
Could you have found TARDIGRADE?
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 141 - and most players walked straight past it.
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