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HAWTHORNY
Definition of HAWTHORNY
adjective
Resembling hawthorns, hawthorn-like.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From hawthorn + -y.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, HAWTHORN · 2 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.
HAWTHORNY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 137, 4 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HAWTHORNY starts with H and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AHHNORTWY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. H appears more than once.
Words that start HAWTHO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HAWTHORNY?
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 137 - and most players walked straight past it.
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