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TELIC
Definition of TELIC
adjective
Tending or directed towards a goal or specific end.
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Where it comes from
From the Ancient Greek τελῐκός (telĭkós, “final”), from τέλος (télos, “end”).
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.
TELIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 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 35, 24 June 2026.
Built from these letters
TELIC starts with T and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CEILT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start TELIC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 35
Could you have found TELIC?
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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.
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