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TECTORIAL
Definition of TECTORIAL
adjective
serving to cover something
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
See tectorium.
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.
TECTORIAL 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 120, 17 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
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
TECTORIAL starts with T and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ACEILORTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once.
Could you have found TECTORIAL?
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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