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LIMNED
Definition of LIMNED
adjective
described or represented in a lifelike manner
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Another sense
LIMNED carries a second meaning.
verb
Simple past tense and past participle of limn.
Where it comes from
From limn + -ed.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, LIMN · 4 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.
LIMNED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 71 boards so far. 159 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 155, 22 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 19, 8 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LIMNED starts with L and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEILMN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found LIMNED?
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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
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