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ERRHINES

8 letters

Definition of ERRHINES

noun

plural of errhine

ERRHINE

adjective

Causing an increase in mucus within the nose, and hence causing one to sneeze.

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Word DNA

ERRHINES inherits its ancestry from its root, ERRHINE.

Line of descent

  1. Ancient Greek
  2. Latin
  3. English

2 recorded generations before English.

Ancient Greek

Deepest traced root

2nd

of 58 source languages in OUTLIER

12.6%

of traced words share this origin (3,617)

Hellenic

branch · 12.6% of traced words

How it is built

nouncompound

Same root, ERRHINE · 1 relative in the game

ERRHINE

Every Ancient Greek word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

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.

ERRHINES in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 143
Its one board, across 143 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
141
First board
2
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.

First ever to find it

gsquared

on Day 141, 8 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

ERRHINES
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
6
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

ERRHINES starts with E and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EEHINRRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and R appear more than once, including a double letter.

Words that start ERRHIN

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

ERRHINE

Could you have found ERRHINES?

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 141 - and most players walked straight past it.

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