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TUMESCENT
Definition of TUMESCENT
adjective
Swollen or distended with fluid, as of erectile tissue.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
TUMESCENT carries 4 further meanings.
adjective
Somewhat tumid.
adjective
Becoming swollen; swelling.
Swelling; tumefying; forming into a tumor; intumescent.
In botany, slightly tumid or swollen.
Where it comes from
From Latin tumēscēns (“swelling, bloating”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,643)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
TUMESCENT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far. 87 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 120, 17 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 26 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TUMESCENT starts with T and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read CEEMNSTTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T and E appear more than once.
Words that mean much the same
Near-synonyms of TUMESCENT. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Words that start TUMESC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TUMESCENT?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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