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HEADGEAR
Definition of HEADGEAR
noun
Anything worn on the head, such as a hat, hood, helmet, etc.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From head + gear.
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.
HEADGEAR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 80, 8 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 35, 24 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HEADGEAR starts with H and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AADEEGHR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and A appear more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start HEADGE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 35
Could you have found HEADGEAR?
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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.
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