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TOPONYM
Definition of TOPONYM
noun
A placename.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Back-formation from toponymy. By surface analysis, topo + -nym.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, TOPONYM · 1 relative 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.
TOPONYM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 45, 4 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 17 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 45, 4 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TOPONYM starts with T and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read MNOOPTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start TOPONY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 45
Could you have found TOPONYM?
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 45 - and most players walked straight past it.
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