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TEKNONYMIES
Definition of TEKNONYMIES
Wiktionary has no entry for TEKNONYMIES itself. This is its base word, TEKNONYMY.
noun
The cultural practice of referring to parents by the names of their children.
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Where it comes from
The origin recorded for TEKNONYMY.
From tecno- + -onymy.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, TEKNONYMY · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
TEKNONYMIES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 167, 3 November 2026. The most recent board was Day 172, 8 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 167, 3 November 2026.
Built from these letters
TEKNONYMIES starts with T and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EEIKMNNOSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and N appear more than once.
Words that start TEKNONY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TEKNONYMIES?
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 167 - and most players walked straight past it.
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