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TEME
Definition of TEME
noun
A meme which lives in a technological artifact rather than the human mind.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Blend of technological + meme; introduced by Susan Blackmore in 2008.
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.
TEME in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 104, 1 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 104, 1 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TEME starts with T and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EEMT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start TEME
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TEME?
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 104 - and most players walked straight past it.
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