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HYMN
Definition of HYMN
noun
A song of praise or worship, especially a religious one.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English ymne, from Old English ymen (reinforced by Old French ymne), from Latin hymnus, borrowed from Ancient Greek ὕμνος (húmnos).
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.
HYMN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 23 boards so far. 27 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 2, 23 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 122, 19 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 2, 23 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HYMN starts with H and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read HMNY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start HYMN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 2
Could you have found HYMN?
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 2 - and most players walked straight past it.
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