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TECTONICS
Definition of TECTONICS
noun
The study of crustal plates and other large-scale structural features of the Earth.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Ancient Greek τέκτων (téktōn, “builder”).
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.
TECTONICS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 118, 15 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TECTONICS starts with T and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CCEINOSTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T and C appear more than once.
Words that start TECTON
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TECTONICS?
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 118 - and most players walked straight past it.
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