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ANTIHERO

/ˈæn.tɪˌhɪə.ɹəʊ/8 letters

Definition of ANTIHERO

noun

A protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner, such as by criminal means, via cowardly actions, or for mercenary goals.

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Where it comes from

From anti- + hero.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

ANTIHERO in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 95
Its 17 boards, across 95 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
17
Boards found on
41
First board
94
Latest board
10
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 41, 30 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 94, 22 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First found by a player on Day 41, 30 June 2026.

Built from these letters

ANTIHERO
8
Letters
4
Vowels
4
Consonants
8
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

ANTIHERO starts with A and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read AEHINORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Words that start ANTIHE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

ANTIHELIXANTIHEROESANTIHEROICANTIHERPESANTIHELICESANTIHELIXESANTIHEROINEANTIHEROINES

Could you have found ANTIHERO?

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 41 - and most players walked straight past it.

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