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LIMNIC
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).
Word DNA
How it is built
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 33 boards so far. 37 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 36, 25 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
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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