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TEMPERAS
Definition of TEMPERAS
noun
plural of tempera
noun
A paint in which the pigments are suspended in a water-soluble emulsion, such as of egg yolk or gelatine, which hardens and becomes insoluble on exposure to air.
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Word DNA
TEMPERAS inherits its ancestry from its root, TEMPERA.
Line of descent
- Italian
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
10th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.7%
of traced words share this origin (1,348)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, TEMPERA · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
TEMPERAS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 44, 3 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 44, 3 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TEMPERAS starts with T and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEEMPRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start TEMPER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 44
Could you have found TEMPERAS?
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 44 - and most players walked straight past it.
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