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HYPOSMIA
Definition of HYPOSMIA
noun
A reduced ability to smell and to detect odors.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek ὑπο- (hupo-, “under”) + ὀσμή (osmḗ, “smell”), equivalent to hypo- + -osmia.
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.
HYPOSMIA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 112, 9 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 114, 11 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 112, 9 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HYPOSMIA starts with H and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AHIMOPSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found HYPOSMIA?
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 112 - and most players walked straight past it.
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