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LEUKEMIC

/luːˈkiːmɪk/8 letters

Definition of LEUKEMIC

adjective

Relating to leukemia

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From leukemia + -ic.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

adjective3 syllablescompound-ic

Same root, LEUKEMIC · 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.

LEUKEMIC in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 20 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 149
Its 12 boards, across 149 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
12
Boards found on
42
First board
141
Latest board
51
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 42, 1 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.

First ever to find it

potater

on Day 42, 1 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

LEUKEMIC
8
Letters
4
Vowels
4
Consonants
7
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

LEUKEMIC starts with L and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CEEIKLMU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.

Words that start LEUKEM

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found LEUKEMIC?

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 42 - and most players walked straight past it.

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