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HAIRPIN
Definition of HAIRPIN
noun
A pin or fastener for the hair.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From hair + pin, 1788 (as hair pin). Adjective sense 1906 in hairpin turn etc.
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.
HAIRPIN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 35, 24 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HAIRPIN starts with H and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AHIINPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start HAIRPI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 35
Could you have found HAIRPIN?
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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.
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