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HEADGUARDS
Definition of HEADGUARDS
noun
plural of headguard
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Word DNA
HEADGUARDS inherits its ancestry from its root, HEADGUARD.
How it is built
Same root, HEADGUARD · 1 relative 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.
HEADGUARDS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 134, 1 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 134, 1 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HEADGUARDS starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AADDEGHRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and D appear more than once.
Could you have found HEADGUARDS?
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 134 - and most players walked straight past it.
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