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HORMONE
Definition of HORMONE
noun
Any substance produced by one tissue and conveyed by the bloodstream to another to effect physiological activity.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ὁρμῶν (hormôn), present participle of ὁρμάω (hormáō, “to set in motion, to urge on”), from ὁρμή (hormḗ, “rapid motion forwards, onrush, onset, assault, impulse to do a thing, effort”).
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.
HORMONE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 34, 23 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 106, 3 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 34, 23 June 2026.
Built from these letters
HORMONE starts with H and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EHMNOOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start HORMON
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 34
Could you have found HORMONE?
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 34 - and most players walked straight past it.
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