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HAYSEED
Definition of HAYSEED
noun
Seeds from grass that has become hay.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From hay + seed.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HAYSEED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 28 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 37, 26 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 161, 28 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 37, 26 June 2026.
Built from these letters
HAYSEED starts with H and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADEEHSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start HAYSEE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 37
Could you have found HAYSEED?
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 37 - and most players walked straight past it.
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