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HEARTLING
Definition of HEARTLING
noun
A term of endearment, similar to darling.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From heart + -ling.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HEARTLING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 28 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 117, 14 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HEARTLING starts with H and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AEGHILNRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start HEARTL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HEARTLING?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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