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TERTIAL
Definition of TERTIAL
noun
Any flight feather attached to the humerus (upper arm) of a bird.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin tertius (“third”); the tertial feathers are the third row of feathers. By surface analysis, terti- + -al.
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.
TERTIAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far. 19 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 106, 3 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TERTIAL starts with T and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AEILRTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once.
Words that start TERTIA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TERTIAL?
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 106 - and most players walked straight past it.
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