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HEARSAY
Definition of HEARSAY
noun
Information that was heard by one person about another that cannot be adequately substantiated.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English hyere-zigginge (1340), here sey (ca. 1438), from the phrase heren seien (“to hear [people] say”). Compare equally old Middle High German hœrsagen (14th c.), whence modern Hörensagen.
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.
HEARSAY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 18 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 21, 10 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HEARSAY starts with H and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AAEHRSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start HEARSA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found HEARSAY?
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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.
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