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HUMERUS
Definition of HUMERUS
noun
The bone of the upper arm.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Late Latin humerus, from umerus. Cognate with Spanish hombro (“shoulder”).
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.
HUMERUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 32 boards so far. 70 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 11, 31 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 11, 31 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HUMERUS starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EHMRSUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Could you have found HUMERUS?
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 11 - and most players walked straight past it.
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