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HYPEROSMOTIC
Definition of HYPEROSMOTIC
adjective
hypertonic
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From hyper- + osmotic.
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.
HYPEROSMOTIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 147, 14 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HYPEROSMOTIC starts with H and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CEHIMOOPRSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start HYPEROSM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HYPEROSMOTIC?
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 147 - and most players walked straight past it.
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