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HOMALOIDAL
Definition of HOMALOIDAL
adjective
flat; even; applied to surfaces and spaces in which the Euclidean definitions, axioms, and postulates respecting parallel straight lines are assumed to hold true.
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Where it comes from
Ancient Greek ὁμαλός (homalós, “even, level”) + + -oid.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,706)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HOMALOIDAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 145, 12 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HOMALOIDAL starts with H and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AADHILLMOO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O, A and L appear more than once.
Could you have found HOMALOIDAL?
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 145 - and most players walked straight past it.
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