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HYDROGEL
Definition of HYDROGEL
noun
A colloid gel in which water is the continuous phase; they have a number of medical and industrial applications.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From hydro- + gel.
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.
HYDROGEL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 37, 26 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 37, 26 June 2026.
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Built from these letters
HYDROGEL starts with H and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read DEGHLORY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start HYDROG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HYDROGEL?
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 37 - and most players walked straight past it.
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