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TELECOM
Definition of TELECOM
noun
Telecommunication or telecommunications.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Clipping of telecommunications.
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.
TELECOM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 23 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 120, 17 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 19, 8 June 2026.
Built from these letters
TELECOM starts with T and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read CEELMOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start TELECO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found TELECOM?
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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
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