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TELEOST
Definition of TELEOST
adjective
Of, or relating to the Teleostei - fish with bony skeletons.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek τέλεος (téleos, “complete”) + ὀστέον (ostéon, “bone”).
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.
TELEOST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 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 106, 3 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TELEOST starts with T and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read EELOSTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T and E appear more than once.
Words that start TELEOS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TELEOST?
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 106 - and most players walked straight past it.
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