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LYMPHNODE

/ˈlɪmfˌnoʊd/9 letters

Definition of LYMPHNODE

noun

Alternative form of lymph node.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From lymph + node.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

noun2 syllablescompound

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Rarity score
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Tier
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

LYMPHNODE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 137
Its one board, across 137 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
135
First board
2
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 135, 2 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.

First ever to find it

chrism

on Day 135, 2 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

LYMPHNODE
9
Letters
2
Vowels
7
Consonants
9
Different letters
6
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

LYMPHNODE starts with L and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read DEHLMNOPY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

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 LYMPHNODE?

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 135 - and most players walked straight past it.

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