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LIPID
Definition of LIPID
noun
Any of a group of organic compounds including the fats, oils, waxes, sterols, and triglycerides. Lipids are characterized by being insoluble in water.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French lipide, coined in 1923 by Gabriel Bertrand from Ancient Greek λῐ́πος (lĭ́pos, “animal fat”) + French -ide.
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.
LIPID in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 32 boards so far. 83 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 5, 26 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 5, 26 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LIPID starts with L and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DIILP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start LIPID
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found LIPID?
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 5 - and most players walked straight past it.
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