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HEADS
Definition of HEADS
interjection
A shouted warning that something is falling from above, mind your heads; heads-up.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Plural of head.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, HEAD · 4 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HEADS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 34, 23 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First found by a player on Day 34, 23 June 2026.
Built from these letters
HEADS starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADEHS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
5 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start HEADS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 34
Could you have found HEADS?
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 34 - and most players walked straight past it.
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