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HEMELYTRON
Definition of HEMELYTRON
noun
An insect's forewing with both membranous and hardened portions.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From hemi- + elytron.
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.
HEMELYTRON in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 50, 9 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 61 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 50, 9 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HEMELYTRON starts with H and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read EEHLMNORTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start HEMELY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 50
Could you have found HEMELYTRON?
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 50 - and most players walked straight past it.
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