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HEADSTREAM
Definition of HEADSTREAM
noun
A stream that is the source of a river.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From head + stream.
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.
HEADSTREAM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 164, 31 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 164, 31 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HEADSTREAM starts with H and ends with M. 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 HEADST
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HEADSTREAM?
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 164 - and most players walked straight past it.
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