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TARRAGON

/ˈtæɹəɡɑn/8 letters

Definition of TARRAGON

noun

A perennial herb, the wormwood species Artemisia dracunculus, from Europe and parts of Asia.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Middle French targon (cf. modern estragon), from Medieval Latin tragonia, from Arabic طَرْخُون (ṭarḵūn), ultimately from Ancient Greek δρακόντιον (drakóntion, “dragonwort, Dracunculus vulgaris”), from δράκων (drákōn, “dragon, serpent”). Doublet of estragon.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

Line of descent

  1. Ancient Greek
  2. Arabic
  3. Latin
  4. Middle French
  5. English

4 recorded generations before English.

Ancient Greek

Deepest traced root

3rd

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

12.3%

of traced words share this origin (10,575)

Hellenic

branch · 12.3% of traced words

How it is built

noun3 syllables

Same root, TARRAGON · 1 relative in the game

Every Ancient Greek word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

TARRAGON in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 4 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 175
Its 4 boards, across 175 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
4
Boards found on
138
First board
154
Latest board
11
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 21 days.

First ever to find it

1tjpeterson

on Day 138, 5 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

TARRAGON
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

TARRAGON starts with T and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AAGNORRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and R appear more than once, including a double letter.

Same letters, different word

One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

ARROGANT

Words that start TARRAG

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found TARRAGON?

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 138 - and most players walked straight past it.

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