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DIATHERMANOUS
Definition of DIATHERMANOUS
adjective
Having the property of transmitting radiant heat; diathermal.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Ancient Greek to warm through.
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.
DIATHERMANOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 70, 29 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 70, 29 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DIATHERMANOUS starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AADEHIMNORSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start DIATHERMA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DIATHERMANOUS?
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 70 - and most players walked straight past it.
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