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TYMPANICAL
Definition of TYMPANICAL
adjective
Synonym of tympanic
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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.
TYMPANICAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 150, 17 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 20 days.
First found by a player on Day 150, 17 October 2026.
Built from these letters
TYMPANICAL starts with T and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AACILMNPTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start TYMPAN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TYMPANICAL?
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 150 - and most players walked straight past it.
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