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TATAMIS

7 letters

Definition of TATAMIS

noun

plural of tatami

TATAMI

noun

Straw matting, in a standard size, used as a floor covering in Japanese houses.

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Word DNA

TATAMIS inherits its ancestry from its root, TATAMI.

Line of descent

  1. Japanese
  2. English

One recorded step before English.

Japanese

Deepest traced root

25th

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

0.4%

of traced words share this origin (297)

Japonic

branch · 0.4% of traced words

How it is built

noun

Same root, TATAMI · 1 relative in the game

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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.

TATAMIS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far. 38 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 157
Its one board, across 157 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
148
First board
9
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.

First ever to find it

baskingsnarkPATRON

on Day 148, 15 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

TATAMIS
7
Letters
3
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

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

Words that start TATAMI

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found TATAMIS?

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 148 - and most players walked straight past it.

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