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TUBERCULOID
Definition of TUBERCULOID
adjective
Of, pertaining to, or resembling a tubercule.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From tubercule + -oid.
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.
TUBERCULOID in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 53, 12 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 53, 12 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TUBERCULOID starts with T and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read BCDEILORTUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Words that start TUBERCU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 53
Could you have found TUBERCULOID?
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 53 - and most players walked straight past it.
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