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HYPODERMS
Definition of HYPODERMS
noun
plural of hypoderm
HYPODERMIS · via hypoderm
noun
An epidermal layer of cells that secretes an overlying chitinous cuticle, as in arthropods.
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Word DNA
HYPODERMS inherits its ancestry from its root, HYPODERM.
How it is built
Same root, HYPODERM · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HYPODERMS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 49, 8 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 49, 8 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HYPODERMS starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DEHMOPRSY - 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 49
Could you have found HYPODERMS?
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 49 - and most players walked straight past it.
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