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TELSON
Definition of TELSON
noun
The part of an arthropod or crustacean posterior to the last segment, often resembling an armored tail or tip of the tail.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Ancient Greek τέλσον (télson, “headland”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,410)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
TELSON in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 41, 30 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 131, 28 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 41, 30 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TELSON starts with T and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ELNOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 41
Could you have found TELSON?
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 41 - and most players walked straight past it.
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