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HEME
Definition of HEME
noun
The component of hemoglobin (and other hemoproteins) responsible for binding oxygen. It consists of an iron ion that binds oxygen and a porphyrin ring that binds the globin molecules; one molecule binds one molecule of oxygen.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Back-formation from hemoglobin.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, HEME · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HEME in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 27 boards so far. 55 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 20, 9 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 153, 20 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 20, 9 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HEME starts with H and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EEHM - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start HEME
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 20
Could you have found HEME?
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 20 - and most players walked straight past it.
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