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HORDEOLUM
Definition of HORDEOLUM
noun
stye, sty. An infection of a sebaceous gland of the eyelid. This is distinguished from a chalazion, which is not infected, but a cyst formed from an impacted meibomian gland of the eyelid.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin hordeolus, diminutive from hordeum (“barley”) + -olus, referring to its resemblance to a grain of barley in appearance and size.
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.
HORDEOLUM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 36, 25 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HORDEOLUM starts with H and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read DEHLMOORU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 36
Could you have found HORDEOLUM?
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 36 - and most players walked straight past it.
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