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TUPUNA
Definition of TUPUNA
noun
An ancestor, especially a grandparent, in Maori culture.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Māori tupuna.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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.
TUPUNA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 123, 20 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 123, 20 September 2026.
Built from these letters
TUPUNA starts with T and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read ANPTUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Words that start TUPUNA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TUPUNA?
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 123 - and most players walked straight past it.
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