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SPECIMEN
Definition of SPECIMEN
noun
An individual instance that represents a class; an example.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin specimen (“mark, sign, example”), from speciō (“observe, watch”).
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.
SPECIMEN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 33 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 121, 18 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SPECIMEN starts with S and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read CEEIMNPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start SPECIM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found SPECIMEN?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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