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HATLESS
Definition of HATLESS
adjective
Not possessing, or not wearing, a hat.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From hat + -less.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, HAT · 17 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HATLESS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 162, 29 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HATLESS starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEHLSST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start HATLES
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HATLESS?
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 162 - and most players walked straight past it.
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