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LITHOPS
Definition of LITHOPS
noun
Any of the genus Lithops of succulent plants resembling stones.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From the genus name, translingual Lithops.
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.
LITHOPS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 17 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 19, 8 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LITHOPS starts with L and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read HILOPST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start LITHOP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found LITHOPS?
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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
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