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LEMMINGS

8 letters

Definition of LEMMINGS

noun

plural of lemming

LEMMING

noun

A small arctic and subarctic rodent of the tribes Lemmini, Dicrostonychini and Lagurini.

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Word DNA

How it is built

noun

Same root, LEM · 1 relative in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

LEMMINGS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 2 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 174
Its 2 boards, across 174 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
2
Boards found on
161
First board
166
Latest board
5
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 161, 28 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 166, 2 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.

First ever to find it

bisqueweasel

on Day 161, 28 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

LEMMINGS
8
Letters
2
Vowels
6
Consonants
7
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

LEMMINGS starts with L and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EGILMMNS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. M appears more than once, including a double letter.

Words that start LEMMIN

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

LEMMINGLEMMINGLIKE

Could you have found LEMMINGS?

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 161 - and most players walked straight past it.

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