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TERATISM

8 letters

Definition of TERATISM

noun

Any severe congenital malformation

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From terato- + -ism.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

TERATISM in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 122
Its one board, across 122 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
90
First board
32
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 32 days.

First found by a player on Day 90, 18 August 2026.

Built from these letters

TERATISM
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

TERATISM starts with T and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read AEIMRSTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T 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.

MISTREAT

Words that start TERATI

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

TERATISMS

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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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.

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