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TELLURION
Definition of TELLURION
noun
An instrument used to show how the rotation of the Earth on its axis and its orbit around the Sun cause day and night and the seasons.
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Where it comes from
From Latin tellūs (“earth, ground; the globe, planet Earth; country, land”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *telh₂- (“ground, bottom”) + -ion (a Latinate suffix used in place of -ian (suffix meaning ‘one from, belonging to, relating to, or like’)), possibly coined by Benjamin Martin (baptized 1705; died 1782), an English lecturer, lexicographer, and maker of scientific instruments: see the quotation. Piecewise doublet of tellurium.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
TELLURION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 117, 14 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TELLURION starts with T and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read EILLNORTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start TELLUR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TELLURION?
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 117 - and most players walked straight past it.
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