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TYCOON
Definition of TYCOON
noun
A wealthy and powerful business person.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Japanese 大君 (“great lord, prince”), a title for the shōgun. Related to taipan, from Cantonese 大班 (daai baan). The game sense was derived from the use of tycoon in titles of games in which one plays a tycoon (e.g., RollerCoaster Tycoon).
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.
TYCOON in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 20 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 111, 8 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 31, 20 June 2026.
Built from these letters
TYCOON starts with T and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read CNOOTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
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 TYCOON
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 31
Could you have found TYCOON?
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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.
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