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TOPONYMIES
Definition of TOPONYMIES
noun
plural of toponymy
TOPONYMY
noun
Lexicological study of place names; a branch of onomastics.
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Word DNA
TOPONYMIES inherits its ancestry from its root, TOPONYMY.
How it is built
Same root, TOPONYMY · 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.
TOPONYMIES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 136, 3 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 136, 3 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TOPONYMIES starts with T and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EIMNOOPSTY - 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.
Could you have found TOPONYMIES?
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 136 - and most players walked straight past it.
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