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TINAMOU
Definition of TINAMOU
noun
Any of the birds belonging to the South American family Tinamidae, the only family in the order Tinamiformes. They are related to the ratites, together with which they form the superorder Paleognathae.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French tinamou, from Kari'na tinamú (“great tinamou”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
TINAMOU in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 47, 6 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 85, 13 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 21 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 47, 6 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TINAMOU starts with T and ends with U. Sorted, its letters read AIMNOTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 47
Could you have found TINAMOU?
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 47 - and most players walked straight past it.
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