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AHEM
Definition of AHEM
interjection
The sound of a quiet cough or of clearing one's throat.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Onomatopoeic.
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.
AHEM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 105, 2 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First found by a player on Day 31, 20 June 2026.
Built from these letters
AHEM starts with A and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read AEHM - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start AHEM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 31
Could you have found AHEM?
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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.
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