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TENACULUM
Definition of TENACULUM
noun
A medical instrument consisting of a sharp hook attached to a handle; used mainly for taking up arteries and the like.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin tenaculum.
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.
TENACULUM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 48, 7 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 66, 25 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 55 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 48, 7 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TENACULUM starts with T and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read ACELMNTUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 48
Could you have found TENACULUM?
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 48 - and most players walked straight past it.
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