The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.

LIMNER

/ˈlɪmnɚ/6 letters

Definition of LIMNER

noun

Someone who limns or portrays.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From limn + -er.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
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.

LIMNER in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 23 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 102
Its 20 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
20
Boards found on
23
First board
101
Latest board
15
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First ever to find it

nick

on Day 23, 12 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

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

LIMNER starts with L and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EILMNR - 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.

Words that start LIMNER

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found LIMNER?

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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.

Play today's OUTLIER

Share LIMNER

The OUTLIER card for LIMNERDownload image