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LIMBIC

/ˈlɪmbɪk/6 letters

Definition of LIMBIC

adjective

Relating to the limbic system.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From French limbique, from Latin limbus (“edge, border”).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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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.

LIMBIC in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 76 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 102
Its 15 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
15
Boards found on
29
First board
96
Latest board
19
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 96, 24 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.

First found by a player on Day 29, 18 June 2026.

Built from these letters

LIMBIC
6
Letters
2
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

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

Could you have found LIMBIC?

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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.

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