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TECTUM
Definition of TECTUM
noun
The dorsal portion of the midbrain of vertebrates; in mammals, containing the superior colliculus and inferior colliculus
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin tēctum (“roof”), from tegō (“to cover”), cognate with Ancient Greek τέγος (tégos, “roof; covered room”). Doublet of tect.
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.
TECTUM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 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 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TECTUM starts with T and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read CEMTTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once.
Could you have found TECTUM?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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