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TELEGONY
Definition of TELEGONY
noun
The belief that, in the case of siblings from the same mother but different fathers, the second sibling could inherit characteristics from the father of the first.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From tele- + -gony.
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.
TELEGONY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 84, 12 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 119, 16 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 84, 12 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
TELEGONY starts with T and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read EEGLNOTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start TELEGO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TELEGONY?
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 84 - and most players walked straight past it.
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