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HEARTWOOD
Definition of HEARTWOOD
noun
The wood nearer the heart of a stem or branch, different in color from the sapwood.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From heart + wood.
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.
HEARTWOOD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 30, 19 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 30, 19 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HEARTWOOD starts with H and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADEHOORTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start HEARTW
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 30
Could you have found HEARTWOOD?
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 30 - and most players walked straight past it.
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