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HAIRTAILS

9 letters

Definition of HAIRTAILS

noun

plural of hairtail

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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.

HAIRTAILS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 121
Its one board, across 121 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
109
First board
12
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 109, 6 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.

First ever to find it

dearhedger

on Day 109, 6 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

HAIRTAILS
9
Letters
4
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

HAIRTAILS starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AAHIILRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and I appear more than once.

Words that start HAIRTA

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

HAIRTAIL

Could you have found HAIRTAILS?

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 109 - and most players walked straight past it.

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