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HEMIC
Definition of HEMIC
adjective
Of or relating to blood
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From αἷμα (haîma, “blood”) + -ic.
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.
HEMIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 47, 6 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 104, 1 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 47, 6 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
HEMIC starts with H and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CEHIM - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start HEMIC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 47
Could you have found HEMIC?
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 47 - and most players walked straight past it.
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