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HEARTSINK
Definition of HEARTSINK
noun
A heartsink patient.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HEARTSINK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 122, 19 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 122, 19 September 2026.
Built from these letters
HEARTSINK starts with H and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read AEHIKNRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start HEARTS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HEARTSINK?
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 122 - and most players walked straight past it.
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