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HEADWORK
Definition of HEADWORK
noun
Mental or intellectual labour; the use of logic and clear thinking.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From head + work.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HEADWORK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 109, 6 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
Built from these letters
HEADWORK starts with H and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read ADEHKORW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start HEADWO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HEADWORK?
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 109 - and most players walked straight past it.
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