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HARDWIRES

9 letters

Definition of HARDWIRES

verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of hardwire

HARDWIRE

verb

Alternative spelling of hard-wire.

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Word DNA

How it is built

verb

Same root, HARDWIRE · 2 relatives in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

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.

HARDWIRES in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 174
Its one board, across 174 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
139
First board
35
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 35 days.

First ever to find it

arcticpostPATRON

on Day 139, 6 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

HARDWIRES
9
Letters
3
Vowels
6
Consonants
8
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

HARDWIRES starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADEHIRRSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once.

Words that start HARDWI

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found HARDWIRES?

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 139 - and most players walked straight past it.

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