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HEBETUDINOUS
Definition of HEBETUDINOUS
adjective
Displaying mental lethargy or dullness.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin hebetūdin- + -ous, from oblique stem of Latin hebetūdō, from hebes + -tūdō, from hebeō. By surface analysis, hebetude + -ous.
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.
HEBETUDINOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 68, 27 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 115, 12 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 68, 27 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HEBETUDINOUS starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BDEEHINOSTUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and U appear more than once.
Could you have found HEBETUDINOUS?
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 68 - and most players walked straight past it.
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