The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
HEADMASTER
Definition of HEADMASTER
noun
A male headteacher.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From head + master.
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.
HEADMASTER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 64, 23 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 64, 23 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HEADMASTER starts with H and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AADEEHMRST - 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 HEADMA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HEADMASTER?
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 64 - and most players walked straight past it.
Play today's OUTLIER