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TECTUMS
Definition of TECTUMS
Wiktionary has no entry for TECTUMS itself. This is its base word, 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
The origin recorded for TECTUM.
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.
TECTUMS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
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
TECTUMS starts with T and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEMSTTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once.
Could you have found TECTUMS?
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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