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HEMIPLEGIA
Definition of HEMIPLEGIA
noun
Total or partial inability to move one side of the body.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From New Latin hemiplegia, from Ancient Greek ἡμιπλήξ (hēmiplḗx), also ἡμιπληγής (hēmiplēgḗs, “stricken on one side”), from ἡμι- (hēmi-, “half”) + πλήσσω (plḗssō, “to strike”). By surface analysis, hemi- + -plegia.
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.
HEMIPLEGIA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 33, 22 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 96, 24 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 33, 22 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HEMIPLEGIA starts with H and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AEEGHIILMP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and I appear more than once.
Words that start HEMIPL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 33
Could you have found HEMIPLEGIA?
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 33 - and most players walked straight past it.
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