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HEADNOTE

8 letters

Definition of HEADNOTE

noun

A note at the head of a page, chapter, dictionary entry, or other document element.

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Where it comes from

From head + note.

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Word DNA

How it is built

nouncompound

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

HEADNOTE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 2 boards so far.

Day 1Day 175
Its 2 boards, across 175 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
2
Boards found on
171
First board
173
Latest board
2
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 171, 7 November 2026. The most recent board was Day 173, 9 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.

First ever to find it

erikkennedy

on Day 171, 7 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

HEADNOTE
8
Letters
4
Vowels
4
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

HEADNOTE starts with H and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ADEEHNOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.

Words that start HEADNO

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found HEADNOTE?

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 171 - and most players walked straight past it.

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