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TAUTONYM
Definition of TAUTONYM
noun
A binomial name consisting of the same word twice, such as Bison bison.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From taut- + -onym or alternatively tauto- + -nym.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
TAUTONYM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 106, 3 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TAUTONYM starts with T and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read AMNOTTUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once.
Words that start TAUTON
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TAUTONYM?
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 106 - and most players walked straight past it.
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