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HAMSTRINGED
Definition of HAMSTRINGED
verb
simple past and past participle of hamstring
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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.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 90 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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