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HOMONYMS

8 letters

Definition of HOMONYMS

noun

plural of homonym

HOMONYM

noun

A word that sounds or is spelled the same as another word (but not necessarily both).

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Word DNA

HOMONYMS inherits its ancestry from its root, HOMONYM.

Line of descent

  1. Ancient Greek
  2. Latin
  3. English

2 recorded generations before English.

Ancient Greek

Deepest traced root

3rd

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

12.3%

of traced words share this origin (10,555)

Hellenic

branch · 12.3% of traced words

How it is built

nouncompound-onymhom-

Same root, HOMONYM · 2 relatives in the game

Every Ancient Greek word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

HOMONYMS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 174
Its one board, across 174 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
166
First board
8
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 166, 2 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.

First ever to find it

darkliquidPATRONContributor

on Day 166, 2 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

HOMONYMS
8
Letters
2
Vowels
6
Consonants
6
Different letters
4
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

HOMONYMS starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read HMMNOOSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and M appear more than once.

Words that start HOMONY

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

HOMONYMHOMONYMYHOMONYMICHOMONYMIESHOMONYMITYHOMONYMOUSHOMONYMOUSLY

Could you have found HOMONYMS?

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 166 - and most players walked straight past it.

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