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HYDROMANIA
Definition of HYDROMANIA
noun
A morbid craving for water.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From hydro- + -mania.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, HYDROMANIA · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HYDROMANIA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 22 boards so far. 30 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 22, 11 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 22, 11 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HYDROMANIA starts with H and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AADHIMNORY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start HYDROM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 22
Could you have found HYDROMANIA?
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 22 - and most players walked straight past it.
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