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CLERIHEW
Definition of CLERIHEW
noun
A humorous rhyme of four lines with the rhyming scheme AABB, usually regarding a person mentioned in the first line.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Named after English humourist and novelist Edmund Clerihew Bentley (1875–1956), who invented the rhyme.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, CLERIHEW · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CLERIHEW in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 24 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 23, 12 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CLERIHEW starts with C and ends with W. Sorted, its letters read CEEHILRW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found CLERIHEW?
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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.
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