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ILIUM
Definition of ILIUM
noun
The upper and widest of the three bones that make up each side of the hipbone.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin īlium (“lower abdomen”), from īle (“flank”).
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.
ILIUM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 36 boards so far. 74 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 14, 3 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 107, 4 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 14, 3 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ILIUM starts with I and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read IILMU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 14
Could you have found ILIUM?
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 14 - and most players walked straight past it.
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