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DIMORPHOUS

/daɪˈmɔːfəs/10 letters

Definition of DIMORPHOUS

adjective

Dimorphic; occurring or existing in two different forms.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From di- + morph + -ous or di- + -morphous.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

adjective3 syllablescompound-ousdi-

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

DIMORPHOUS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 23 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 146
Its 17 boards, across 146 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
17
Boards found on
29
First board
142
Latest board
28
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.

First ever to find it

purpcicle

on Day 29, 18 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

DIMORPHOUS
10
Letters
4
Vowels
6
Consonants
9
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

DIMORPHOUS starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DHIMOOPRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.

Words that start DIMORP

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

DIMORPHDIMORPHSDIMORPHICDIMORPHISMDIMORPHISMSDIMORPHICALLY

Could you have found DIMORPHOUS?

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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.

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