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TENACIOUS
Definition of TENACIOUS
adjective
Clinging to an object or surface; adhesive.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin tenāx (“holding fast, clinging”), from tenēre (“to hold”), + -ious.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,711)
branch · 33.1% 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.
TENACIOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 79 boards so far. 343 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
TENACIOUS starts with T and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEINOSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start TENACI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found TENACIOUS?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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