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TENRECS
Definition of TENRECS
noun
plural of tenrec
noun
Any of several diverse small mammals, of the family Tenrecidae, many native to Madagascar.
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Word DNA
TENRECS inherits its ancestry from its root, TENREC.
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
28th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
0.3%
of traced words share this origin (100)
branch · 0.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, TENREC · 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.
TENRECS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 28 boards so far. 29 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 44, 3 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 44, 3 July 2026.
Built from these letters
TENRECS starts with T and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEENRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 44
Could you have found TENRECS?
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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