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TOPIARIAN
Definition of TOPIARIAN
adjective
Of or pertaining to topiary.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From topiary + -an.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, TOPIARY · 4 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
TOPIARIAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 155, 22 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 84, 12 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
TOPIARIAN starts with T and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AAIINOPRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and A appear more than once.
Words that start TOPIAR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 35
Could you have found TOPIARIAN?
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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.
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