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TOPSMAN
Definition of TOPSMAN
noun
The chief drover of those who drive a herd of cattle.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From top + -s- + man.
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.
TOPSMAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 85, 13 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 85, 13 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TOPSMAN starts with T and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AMNOPST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found TOPSMAN?
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 85 - and most players walked straight past it.
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