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HOMINID
Definition of HOMINID
noun
Any human, the only members of the family Hominidae as traditionally defined.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Translingual Hominidae.
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.
HOMINID in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 26 boards so far. 46 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 107, 4 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 27, 16 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HOMINID starts with H and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DHIIMNO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start HOMINI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HOMINID?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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