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THUMBNAIL
Definition of THUMBNAIL
noun
The fingernail on the thumb.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From thumb + nail. Compare West Frisian tommeneil (“thumbnail”), Dutch duimnagel (“thumbnail”), German Daumennagel (“thumbnail”). The phrase thumbnail sketch was first attested 1852. Verb sense attested 1930s.
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.
THUMBNAIL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 48, 7 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 48, 7 July 2026.
Built from these letters
THUMBNAIL starts with T and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ABHILMNTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start THUMBN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 48
Could you have found THUMBNAIL?
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 48 - and most players walked straight past it.
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