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TOMCOD
Definition of TOMCOD
noun
Any member of the species Microgadus tomcod, of edible cod found in the Atlantic.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Possibly from French tacaud, probably influenced by tom (“male animal”) and cod.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
5.3%
of traced words share this origin (4,548)
branch · 12.8% 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.
TOMCOD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 175, 11 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 175, 11 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TOMCOD starts with T and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read CDMOOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O 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 TOMCOD
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TOMCOD?
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 175 - and most players walked straight past it.
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