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LITHIC

/ˈlɪθɪk/6 letters

Definition of LITHIC

adjective

Relating to stone.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From lith- + -ic.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

adjective2 syllablescompound-iclith-

Same root, LITHIC · 1 relative in the game

LITHICS

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

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.

LITHIC in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 38 boards so far. 82 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 162
Its 38 boards, across 162 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
38
Boards found on
44
First board
160
Latest board
10
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 44, 3 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 160, 27 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.

First found by a player on Day 44, 3 July 2026.

Built from these letters

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

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

Same letters, different word

One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

Could you have found LITHIC?

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 44 - and most players walked straight past it.

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