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HEADMAN
Definition of HEADMAN
noun
Alternative form of head man.
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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.
HEADMAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 101, 29 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 17 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 101, 29 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HEADMAN starts with H and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AADEHMN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start HEADMA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HEADMAN?
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 101 - and most players walked straight past it.
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