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LICHENOID
Definition of LICHENOID
adjective
Resembling lichen
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From lichen + -oid.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, LICHEN · 9 relatives 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.
LICHENOID in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 69, 28 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 155, 22 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 69, 28 July 2026.
Built from these letters
LICHENOID starts with L and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read CDEHIILNO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start LICHEN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found LICHENOID?
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 69 - and most players walked straight past it.
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