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HYPOXEMIA
Definition of HYPOXEMIA
noun
An abnormal deficiency in the concentration of oxygen in the blood, whether the partial pressure of oxygen (mm Hg), the content of oxygen (ml oxygen per dl of blood) or the per cent saturation of the blood's hemoglobin, singly or in combination.
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Where it comes from
By surface analysis, hyp- + ox- + -emia.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, HYPOXEMIA · 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.
HYPOXEMIA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 33 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 65, 24 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 161, 28 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 65, 24 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HYPOXEMIA starts with H and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AEHIMOPXY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start HYPOXE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HYPOXEMIA?
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 65 - and most players walked straight past it.
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