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TARMAC
Definition of TARMAC
noun
Tarmacadam.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Clipping of tarmacadam, which is from tar + macadam (“crushed stones”). Originally a trademark owned by its inventor, Edgar Hooley.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, TARMAC · 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.
TARMAC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 24 boards so far. 80 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 29, 18 June 2026.
Built from these letters
TARMAC starts with T and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read AACMRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
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 TARMAC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found TARMAC?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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