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ADHERENDS

9 letters

Definition of ADHERENDS

noun

plural of adherend

ADHEREND

noun

That which adheres to something else by adhesion.

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Word DNA

ADHERENDS inherits its ancestry from its root, ADHEREND.

How it is built

nouncompound-end

Same root, ADHEREND · 1 relative in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

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

ADHERENDS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 135
Its one board, across 135 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
132
First board
3
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.

Built from these letters

ADHERENDS
9
Letters
3
Vowels
6
Consonants
7
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

ADHERENDS starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADDEEHNRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D and E appear more than once.

Words that start ADHERE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found ADHERENDS?

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 132 - and most players walked straight past it.

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