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TOPONYMIC
Definition of TOPONYMIC
adjective
Of, relating to, or being a toponym, as: Named after a geographical place. Named after an anatomical place (region or site).
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Where it comes from
From toponym + -ic.
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.
TOPONYMIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 56, 15 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 56, 15 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TOPONYMIC starts with T and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CIMNOOPTY - 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 TOPONY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 56
Could you have found TOPONYMIC?
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 56 - and most players walked straight past it.
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