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TOMENTOSE
Definition of TOMENTOSE
adjective
covered in (often matted) hair.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From New Latin tōmentōsus of like application, from tōmentum + -ōsus.
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.
TOMENTOSE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 106, 3 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TOMENTOSE starts with T and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EEMNOOSTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T, O and E appear more than once.
Words that start TOMENT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TOMENTOSE?
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 106 - and most players walked straight past it.
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