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HYPODERMIS
Definition of HYPODERMIS
noun
An epidermal layer of cells that secretes an overlying chitinous cuticle, as in arthropods.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From hypo- + dermis.
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.
HYPODERMIS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 37, 26 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 37, 26 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HYPODERMIS starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DEHIMOPRSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start HYPODE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 37
Could you have found HYPODERMIS?
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 37 - and most players walked straight past it.
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