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TAXIDERMY
Definition of TAXIDERMY
noun
The art of stuffing and mounting the skins of dead animals for exhibition in a lifelike state.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French taxidermie, from Ancient Greek τάξις (táxis, “arrangement”, “order”) + δέρμα (dérma, “skin”). Analysable as taxi- + derm- + -y.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,617)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, TAXIDERMY · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
TAXIDERMY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 507 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 16, 5 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 16, 5 June 2026.
Built from these letters
TAXIDERMY starts with T and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ADEIMRTXY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start TAXIDE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 16
Could you have found TAXIDERMY?
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 16 - and most players walked straight past it.
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