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CLERIHEWS
Definition of CLERIHEWS
noun
plural of clerihew.
noun
A humorous rhyme of four lines with the rhyming scheme AABB, usually regarding a person mentioned in the first line.
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Word DNA
CLERIHEWS inherits its ancestry from its root, CLERIHEW.
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.
CLERIHEWS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 23 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 48, 7 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 160, 27 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 48, 7 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CLERIHEWS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEEHILRSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 48
Could you have found CLERIHEWS?
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 48 - and most players walked straight past it.
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