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TARSIERS

8 letters

Definition of TARSIERS

noun

plural of tarsier

TARSIER

noun

Used attributively as a specific epithet

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Word DNA

TARSIERS inherits its ancestry from its root, TARSIER.

Line of descent

  1. Ancient Greek
  2. Latin
  3. French
  4. English

3 recorded generations before English.

Ancient Greek

Deepest traced root

2nd

of 58 source languages in OUTLIER

12.6%

of traced words share this origin (3,608)

Hellenic

branch · 12.6% of traced words

How it is built

noun

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.

TARSIERS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 143
Its one board, across 143 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
140
First board
3
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.

First ever to find it

kkgnoise

on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

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

TARSIERS starts with T and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEIRRSST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R and S appear more than once.

Words that start TARSIE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found TARSIERS?

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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.

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