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HOMIE
Definition of HOMIE
noun
Someone, particularly a friend or male acquaintance, from one's hometown.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Earliest known reference is in the tune The House of Blue Lights (1946) by Ella Mae Morse and Freddie Slack, when Morse improvises a spoken-word intro. Equivalent to home + -ie.
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.
HOMIE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 112, 9 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First found by a player on Day 35, 24 June 2026.
Built from these letters
HOMIE starts with H and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EHIMO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 35
Could you have found HOMIE?
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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.
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