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TARDIGRADES
Definition of TARDIGRADES
noun
plural of tardigrade
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Word DNA
TARDIGRADES inherits its ancestry from its root, TARDIGRADE.
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,860)
branch · 33.1% 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.
TARDIGRADES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 17 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 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
TARDIGRADES starts with T and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AADDEGIRRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A, R and D appear more than once.
Could you have found TARDIGRADES?
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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