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HEADWORD
Definition of HEADWORD
noun
A word (or compound term) used as the title of a list entry or section, particularly in a dictionary, encyclopedia, or thesaurus.
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Where it comes from
From head + word. Compare West Frisian haadwurd (“noun, substantive, headword”), Dutch hoofdwoord (“headword”), German Hauptwort (“noun, substantive, headword”), Swedish huvudord (“headword, keyword”).
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, HEADWORD · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch, German, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HEADWORD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 131, 28 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 131, 28 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HEADWORD starts with H and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADDEHORW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D appears more than once.
Words that start HEADWO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HEADWORD?
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 131 - and most players walked straight past it.
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