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HELENIUM
Definition of HELENIUM
noun
Any of various flowering plants, of the genus Helenium, the dried leaves of which were once used to make a form of snuff.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Translingual Helenium.
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.
HELENIUM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 43, 2 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 119, 16 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 43, 2 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HELENIUM starts with H and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read EEHILMNU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 43
Could you have found HELENIUM?
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 43 - and most players walked straight past it.
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