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TIBIA

/ˈtɪbiə/5 letters

Definition of TIBIA

noun

The inner and usually the larger of the two bones of the leg or hind limb below the knee, the shinbone.

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Where it comes from

Borrowed from Latin tībia (“shin bone, leg”).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

Line of descent

  1. Latin
  2. English

One recorded step before English.

Latin

Deepest traced root

1st

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

33.1%

of traced words share this origin (9,860)

Italic

branch · 33.1% of traced words

How it is built

noun2 syllables

Same root, TIBIA · 1 relative in the game

Every Latin word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

TIBIA in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 44 boards so far. 136 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 151
Its 44 boards, across 151 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
44
Boards found on
9
First board
147
Latest board
11
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.

First found by a player on Day 9, 29 May 2026.

Built from these letters

TIBIA
5
Letters
3
Vowels
2
Consonants
4
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

TIBIA starts with T and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read ABIIT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.

Words that start TIBIA

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

TIBIAETIBIALTIBIASTIBIALSTIBIALIS

Could you have found TIBIA?

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 9 - and most players walked straight past it.

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