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HYMNIC
Definition of HYMNIC
adjective
Of or relating to hymns.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
HYMNIC carries 3 further meanings.
noun
A hymn-like composition.
Relating to hymns; of the character of a hymn; lyric.
adjective
Relating to hymns, or sacred lyrics.
Where it comes from
From hymn + -ic.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, HYMN · 12 relatives in the game
HYMNIC in a sentence
“Be that as it may, John is usually thought to be written relatively late, and so I'm wondering why John's prologue is getting so much attention, when it is a hymnic introduction, while the other Gospels that seem more promising places to look for historical data seem to have dropped out of the discussion.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HYMNIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 40 boards so far. 74 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 43, 2 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 166, 2 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 43, 2 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HYMNIC starts with H and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CHIMNY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 43
Could you have found HYMNIC?
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 43 - and most players walked straight past it.
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