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HEADACHIER
Definition of HEADACHIER
adjective
comparative form of headachy: more headachy
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Word DNA
HEADACHIER inherits its ancestry from its root, HEADACHE.
Line of descent
- Old English
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,152)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, HEADACHE · 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.
HEADACHIER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 36 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
HEADACHIER starts with H and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AACDEEHHIR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. H, E and A appear more than once.
Words that start HEADAC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HEADACHIER?
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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