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TEPID
Definition of TEPID
adjective
Lukewarm; neither warm nor cool.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin tepidus. Cognate with Sanskrit तप् (tap), Proto-Slavic *teplъ.
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 (9,696)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, TEPID · 2 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Proto-Slavic, Sanskrit.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
TEPID in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 79 boards so far. 510 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
TEPID starts with T and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEIPT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start TEPID
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found TEPID?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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