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HAMSTRINGED
Definition of HAMSTRINGED
verb
simple past and past participle of hamstring
noun
One of the great tendons situated in each side of the ham, or space back of the knee, and connected with the muscles of the back of the thigh.
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Word DNA
HAMSTRINGED inherits its ancestry from its root, HAMSTRING.
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HAMSTRINGED in OUTLIER
It has fitted 1 board so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 137 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 72, 31 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HAMSTRINGED starts with H and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADEGHIMNRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start HAMSTRI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found HAMSTRINGED?
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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
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