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TINCTURE
Definition of TINCTURE
noun
Senses relating to colour, and to dipping something into a liquid. A pigment or other substance that colours or dyes; specifically, a pigment used as a cosmetic. A colour or tint, especially if produced by a pigment or something which stains; a tinge. A slight addition of a thing to something else; a shade, a touch, a trace. A hue or pattern used in the depiction of a coat of arms.
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Where it comes from
The noun is derived from Late Middle English tincture (“a dye, pigment; a colour, hue, tint; process of colouring or dyeing; medicinal ointment or salve (perhaps one discolouring the skin); use of a medicinal tincture; (alchemy) transmutation of base metals into gold; ability to cause such transmutation; substance supposed to cause such transmutation”) [and other forms], borrowed from Latin tīnctūra (“act of dyeing”) + Middle English -ure (suffix indicating an action or a process and the means or result of that action or process). Tīnctūra is derived from tīnctus (“coloured, tinged; dipped in; impregnated with; treated”) + -tūra (suffix forming action nouns expressing activities or results); while tīnctus is the perfect passive participle of tingō (“to colour, dye, tinge; to dip (in), immerse; to impregnate (with); to moisten, wet; to smear”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *teng- (“to dip; to soak”). Doublet of tainture, teinture, and tinctura. The verb is derived from the noun.
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TINCTURE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First found by a player on Day 90, 18 August 2026.
Built from these letters
TINCTURE starts with T and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEINRTTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start TINCTU
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