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TAUTOLOGY

/tɔːˈtɒləd͡ʒi/9 letters

Definition of TAUTOLOGY

noun

Redundant use of words, a pleonasm, an unnecessary and tedious repetition.

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Where it comes from

From Late Latin tautologia, from Ancient Greek ταὐτολογία (tautología) from ταὐτός (tautós, “the same”) + λόγος (lógos, “explanation”). By surface analysis, tauto- + -logy.

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

TAUTOLOGY in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far. 67 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 108
Its one board, across 108 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
106
First board
2
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.

First ever to find it

baskingsnarkPATRON

on Day 106, 3 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

TAUTOLOGY
9
Letters
4
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

TAUTOLOGY starts with T and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AGLOOTTUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T and O appear more than once.

Words that start TAUTOL

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

TAUTOLOGICTAUTOLOGIESTAUTOLOGISETAUTOLOGISMTAUTOLOGISTTAUTOLOGIZETAUTOLOGOUSTAUTOLOGICALTAUTOLOGOUSLYTAUTOLOGICALLY

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