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HOMUNCLE
Definition of HOMUNCLE
noun
Obsolete form of homunculus.
HOMUNCULUS
noun
A small, artificially created human or human-like being.
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, HOMUNCLE · 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.
HOMUNCLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 30, 19 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 130, 27 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First found by a player on Day 30, 19 June 2026.
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Built from these letters
HOMUNCLE starts with H and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEHLMNOU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start HOMUNC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 30
Could you have found HOMUNCLE?
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 30 - and most players walked straight past it.
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