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HAYBAND
Definition of HAYBAND
noun
A crude rope made from hay.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From hay + band.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HAYBAND in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 111, 8 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 111, 8 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HAYBAND starts with H and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read AABDHNY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Could you have found HAYBAND?
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 111 - and most players walked straight past it.
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