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LIMES
Definition of LIMES
noun
A boundary or border, especially of the Roman Empire.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin līmes. Doublet of limit.
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.
LIMES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First found by a player on Day 32, 21 June 2026.
Built from these letters
LIMES starts with L and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EILMS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start LIMES
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found LIMES?
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 32 - and most players walked straight past it.
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