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TARPAN
Definition of TARPAN
noun
An extinct Northern European wild horse, Equus ferus ferus.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Russian тарпа́н (tarpán), from Turkic (Kazakh тарпаң (tarpaŋ) or Kyrgyz тарпан (tarpan)).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Russian
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
20th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.5%
of traced words share this origin (375)
branch · 0.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, TARPAN · 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.
TARPAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 127, 24 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 39 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 29, 18 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TARPAN starts with T and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AANPRT - 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.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found TARPAN?
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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