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HYGRODEIK
Definition of HYGRODEIK
noun
A form of hygrometer having wet and dry bulb thermometers, with an adjustable index showing the percentage of moisture in the air, etc.
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Where it comes from
From hygro- + Ancient Greek δείκνυμι (deíknumi, “point out”).
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.
HYGRODEIK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 109, 6 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 109, 6 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HYGRODEIK starts with H and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read DEGHIKORY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found HYGRODEIK?
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 109 - and most players walked straight past it.
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