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TERTIARY
Definition of TERTIARY
adjective
Of third rank or order; subsequent.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from the Latin tertiārius (“of the third part or rank”), from tertius (“third”) (from Proto-Indo-European *tr̥tyós, whence English third) + -ārius (whence the English suffix -ary); compare the French tertiaire. By surface analysis, terti- + -ary.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
7.2%
of traced words share this origin (2,111)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, TERTIARY · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Proto-Indo-European.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
TERTIARY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 59 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TERTIARY starts with T and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AEIRRTTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T and R appear more than once.
Words that start TERTIA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TERTIARY?
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