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HOMUNCULAR
Definition of HOMUNCULAR
adjective
Resembling or characteristic of a homunculus; small.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From homunculus + -ar.
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.
HOMUNCULAR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 30, 19 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 30, 19 June 2026.
Built from these letters
HOMUNCULAR starts with H and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ACHLMNORUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Words that start HOMUNC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 30
Could you have found HOMUNCULAR?
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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