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HEADLIKE
Definition of HEADLIKE
adjective
Having the form of a head or a skull.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From head + -like. Piecewise doublet of cheflike.
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.
HEADLIKE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 26 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 61, 20 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 61, 20 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HEADLIKE starts with H and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ADEEHIKL - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start HEADLI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HEADLIKE?
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 61 - and most players walked straight past it.
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