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HEADLOCK
Definition of HEADLOCK
noun
A wrestling move where the attacker puts their arm tightly round their opponent's head, from which the opponent cannot easily escape.
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Where it comes from
From head + lock.
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.
HEADLOCK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 88, 16 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 88, 16 August 2026.
Built from these letters
HEADLOCK starts with H and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read ACDEHKLO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found HEADLOCK?
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 88 - and most players walked straight past it.
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