The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
TERGUM
Definition of TERGUM
noun
The upper or dorsal surface of an articulated animal such as an arthropod.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin tergum (“back, rear; surface”).
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.
TERGUM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 41, 30 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 119, 16 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 41, 30 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
TERGUM starts with T and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read EGMRTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 41
Could you have found TERGUM?
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 41 - and most players walked straight past it.
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