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HUMECTANT
Definition of HUMECTANT
noun
Any substance that promotes the retention of water, especially one used to keep a food product moist.
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Where it comes from
From Latin ūmectāns, present participle of ūmectō (“to moisten”), from ūmectus (“moist”), from ūmeō (“to be moist”).
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.
HUMECTANT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 106, 3 September 2026.
Built from these letters
HUMECTANT starts with H and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ACEHMNTTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once.
Words that start HUMECT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HUMECTANT?
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 106 - and most players walked straight past it.
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