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CLERIHEWS

9 letters

Definition of CLERIHEWS

noun

plural of clerihew.

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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.

CLERIHEWS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 113
Its 12 boards, across 113 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
12
Boards found on
48
First board
104
Latest board
14
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 48, 7 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 104, 1 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.

First ever to find it

roswell

on Day 48, 7 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

CLERIHEWS
9
Letters
3
Vowels
6
Consonants
8
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

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.

Words that start CLERIH

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

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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