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NEUROMA
Definition of NEUROMA
noun
A tumour composed of nerve cells.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From neuro- + -oma.
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.
NEUROMA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 80, 8 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First found by a player on Day 35, 24 June 2026.
Built from these letters
NEUROMA starts with N and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AEMNORU - 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.
Words that start NEUROM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 35
Could you have found NEUROMA?
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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.
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