The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
HAIRSPRING
Definition of HAIRSPRING
noun
A spring, made of a coil of fine wire, that is used to regulate the movement of a balance wheel in a watch.
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Where it comes from
From hair + spring.
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.
HAIRSPRING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 127, 24 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 127, 24 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HAIRSPRING starts with H and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AGHIINPRRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and R appear more than once.
Words that start HAIRSP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HAIRSPRING?
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 127 - and most players walked straight past it.
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