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TESTUDOS
Definition of TESTUDOS
noun
plural of testudo
noun
A shelter formed by a body of troops holding their shields or targets close together over their heads.
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Word DNA
TESTUDOS inherits its ancestry from its root, TESTUDO.
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (25,664)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, TESTUDO · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
TESTUDOS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 146, 13 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 24 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 146, 13 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TESTUDOS starts with T and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DEOSSTTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T and S appear more than once.
Words that start TESTUD
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TESTUDOS?
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 146 - and most players walked straight past it.
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