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THAUMATROPE
Definition of THAUMATROPE
noun
An optical toy made of a card with an image on each side; when twirled, the images appear to combine.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek θαῦμα (thaûma, “miracle”) + τρόπος (trópos, “a turn”), thauma + -trope.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.4%
of traced words share this origin (10,094)
branch · 12.4% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
THAUMATROPE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 154, 21 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
THAUMATROPE starts with T and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AAEHMOPRTTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T and A appear more than once.
Words that start THAUMAT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found THAUMATROPE?
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 154 - and most players walked straight past it.
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