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LIMB
Definition of LIMB
noun
A major appendage of human or animal, used for locomotion (such as an arm, leg or wing).
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Where it comes from
From Middle English lyme, lim, from Old English lim (“limb, branch”), from Proto-West Germanic *limu, from Proto-Germanic *limuz (“branch, limb”). Cognate with Old Norse limr (“limb”). The spelling with the silent unetymological -b first arose in the late 1500s. Compare crumb.
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.
LIMB in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 43, 2 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 107, 4 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 43, 2 July 2026.
Built from these letters
LIMB starts with L and ends with B. Sorted, its letters read BILM - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start LIMB
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 43
Could you have found LIMB?
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 43 - and most players walked straight past it.
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