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LIMNIC

/ˈlɪm.nɪk/6 letters

Definition of LIMNIC

adjective

Relating to fresh water, typically a lake or swamp; freshwater.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From limn- + -ic.

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.

LIMNIC in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 21 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
36
First board
101
Latest board
14
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 36, 25 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

jinxieruthie

on Day 36, 25 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

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

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

Could you have found LIMNIC?

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 36 - and most players walked straight past it.

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