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TIANS
Definition of TIANS
noun
plural of tian
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Word DNA
TIANS inherits its ancestry from its root, TIAN.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,770)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, TIAN · 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.
TIANS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 61, 20 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 127, 24 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 24 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 61, 20 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TIANS starts with T and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AINST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
7 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found TIANS?
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 61 - and most players walked straight past it.
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