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HEADRACE
Definition of HEADRACE
noun
The part of a millrace that brings water to the millwheel.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From head + race.
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.
HEADRACE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 136, 3 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 136, 3 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HEADRACE starts with H and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AACDEEHR - 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 HEADRA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HEADRACE?
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 136 - and most players walked straight past it.
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