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TARTARIC

/tɑːˈtæɹ.ɪk/8 letters

Definition of TARTARIC

adjective

Containing tartrates

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Where it comes from

From Medieval Latin tartarum (“tartar”), from Medieval Greek τάρταρον (tártaron).

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Word DNA

Line of descent

  1. Latin
  2. English

One recorded step before English.

Latin

Deepest traced root

1st

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

30.7%

of traced words share this origin (23,914)

Italic

branch · 30.7% of traced words

How it is built

adjective3 syllables

Every Latin 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.

TARTARIC in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 2 boards so far.

Day 1Day 155
Its 2 boards, across 155 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
2
Boards found on
138
First board
154
Latest board
16
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 1 day.

First ever to find it

gavinny1

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

Built from these letters

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

TARTARIC starts with T and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read AACIRRTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T, A and R appear more than once.

Words that start TARTAR

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

TARTARTARTARETARTARSTARTARESTARTARLYTARTARISETARTARIZETARTAROUSTARTAREOUSTARTARISEDTARTARISESTARTARIZED

Could you have found TARTARIC?

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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