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HEMIPTERAN
Definition of HEMIPTERAN
adjective
Of or pertaining to the Hemiptera order; hemipterous
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Translingual Hemiptera + English -an.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, HEMIPTERAN · 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.
HEMIPTERAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 53, 12 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 53, 12 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HEMIPTERAN starts with H and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AEEHIMNPRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start HEMIPT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 53
Could you have found HEMIPTERAN?
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 53 - and most players walked straight past it.
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