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TECHNIQUE
Definition of TECHNIQUE
noun
The practical aspects of a given art, occupation etc.; formal requirements.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from French technique (“technicality; branch of knowledge”), noun use of technique (“technical”), from Ancient Greek τεχνικός (tekhnikós, “of or pertaining to art, artistic, skilful”), from τέχνη (tékhnē, “art, handicraft”). Doublet of technic.
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.
TECHNIQUE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 61, 20 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 96, 24 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 61, 20 July 2026.
Built from these letters
TECHNIQUE starts with T and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEEHINQTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once. It uses Q - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start TECHNI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TECHNIQUE?
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 61 - and most players walked straight past it.
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