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TENESMIC
Definition of TENESMIC
adjective
Of or pertaining to tenesmus; characterized by tenesmus.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From tenesmus + -ic.
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.
TENESMIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 68, 27 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First found by a player on Day 68, 27 July 2026.
Built from these letters
TENESMIC starts with T and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CEEIMNST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found TENESMIC?
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 68 - and most players walked straight past it.
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