The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
HEADSET
Definition of HEADSET
noun
A pair of headphones or earphones, or a singular headphone or earphone, typically with an attached microphone.
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Where it comes from
From head + set.
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.
HEADSET in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 100, 28 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 57 days.
First found by a player on Day 100, 28 August 2026.
Built from these letters
HEADSET starts with H and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ADEEHST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start HEADSE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HEADSET?
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 100 - and most players walked straight past it.
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