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TRIBESMAN
Definition of TRIBESMAN
noun
A (usually male) member of a tribe.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From tribe + -s- + -man.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, TRIBE · 6 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.
TRIBESMAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 148, 15 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TRIBESMAN starts with T and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ABEIMNRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 TRIBES
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TRIBESMAN?
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 148 - and most players walked straight past it.
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