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HAIRSPRAY
Definition of HAIRSPRAY
noun
Alternative form of hair spray.
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Word DNA
HAIRSPRAY inherits its ancestry from its root, HAIR.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (12,230)
How it is built
Same root, HAIR · 5 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, Icelandic, Norwegian, Old French, Swedish, Yiddish.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HAIRSPRAY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 152, 19 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 155, 22 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 21 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 152, 19 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HAIRSPRAY starts with H and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AAHIPRRSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and R appear more than once.
Words that start HAIRSP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HAIRSPRAY?
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 152 - and most players walked straight past it.
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