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THUMBNAILS
Definition of THUMBNAILS
noun
plural of thumbnail
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Word DNA
THUMBNAILS inherits its ancestry from its root, THUMBNAIL.
How it is built
Same root, THUMBNAIL · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch, German.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
THUMBNAILS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 40 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 47, 6 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 177, 13 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 47, 6 July 2026.
Built from these letters
THUMBNAILS starts with T and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABHILMNSTU - 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 47
Could you have found THUMBNAILS?
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 47 - and most players walked straight past it.
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