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TYMP
Definition of TYMP
noun
A hollow water-cooled iron casting in the upper part of the archway of a blast furnace in which the dam stands.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Compare tympan.
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.
TYMP in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 45, 4 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 45, 4 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TYMP starts with T and ends with P. Sorted, its letters read MPTY - 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 TYMP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 45
Could you have found TYMP?
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 45 - and most players walked straight past it.
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