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LITMUSES
Definition of LITMUSES
noun
plural 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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Word DNA
LITMUSES inherits its ancestry from its root, LITMUS.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (11,895)
How it is built
Same root, LITMUS · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Old English.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
LITMUSES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 162, 29 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LITMUSES starts with L and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EILMSSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Could you have found LITMUSES?
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 162 - and most players walked straight past it.
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