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HEARTEN
Definition of HEARTEN
verb
To give heart to; to encourage, urge on, cheer, give confidence to.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From heart + -en. Compare lose heart.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, HEARTEN · 2 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HEARTEN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 10, 30 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 28 days.
First found by a player on Day 10, 30 May 2026.
Built from these letters
HEARTEN starts with H and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AEEHNRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears 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 HEARTE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HEARTEN?
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 10 - and most players walked straight past it.
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