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HYPEROSMIA
Definition of HYPEROSMIA
noun
Hypersensitivity of the sense of smell
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From hyper- + -osmia.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HYPEROSMIA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 161, 28 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 77, 5 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HYPEROSMIA starts with H and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AEHIMOPRSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start HYPERO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HYPEROSMIA?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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