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HYMEN
Definition of HYMEN
noun
A membrane which completely or partially occludes the vaginal opening in human females.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle French hymen, from Late Latin hymēn, from Ancient Greek ὑμήν (humḗn, “skin; membrane”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.4%
of traced words share this origin (10,094)
branch · 12.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, HYMEN · 2 relatives 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.
HYMEN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 60 boards so far. 310 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 9, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
HYMEN starts with H and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read EHMNY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start HYMEN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 9
Could you have found HYMEN?
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 9 - and most players walked straight past it.
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