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HEADWORKS
Definition of HEADWORKS
noun
Any structure at the head or diversion point of a waterway. It is smaller than a barrage and is used to divert water from a river into a canal or from a large canal into a smaller canal.
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Where it comes from
From head + works.
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.
HEADWORKS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 113, 10 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First found by a player on Day 26, 15 June 2026.
Built from these letters
HEADWORKS starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADEHKORSW - 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.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found HEADWORKS?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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