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LITMUS
Definition of LITMUS
noun
A dyestuff extracted from certain lichens, that changes color when exposed to pH levels greater than or less than certain critical levels.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English litmose, lytmose, litemose, from Old Norse litmosi (“moss used for dyeing”), from lita (“to dye, stain”) + mosi (“moss”), the former from litr (“colour, dye, blee”), from Proto-Germanic *wlitiz, *wlituz (“appearance, blee”), from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“to see”). Cognate with Old English wlite (“appearance, form, brightness, countenance”). More at moss.
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.
LITMUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 27 boards so far. 55 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 26, 15 June 2026.
Built from these letters
LITMUS starts with L and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ILMSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start LITMUS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found LITMUS?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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