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HAILSTORM
Definition of HAILSTORM
noun
Alternative spelling of hail storm.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From hail + storm.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HAILSTORM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 33, 22 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 33, 22 June 2026.
Built from these letters
HAILSTORM starts with H and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read AHILMORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start HAILST
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 33
Could you have found HAILSTORM?
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 33 - and most players walked straight past it.
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