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HECTORS
Definition of HECTORS
noun
plural of hector
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Word DNA
HECTORS inherits its ancestry from its root, HECTOR.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
9%
of traced words share this origin (2,608)
How it is built
Same root, HECTOR · 3 relatives in the game
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HECTORS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 59, 18 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 59, 18 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HECTORS starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEHORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
5 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start HECTOR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 59
Could you have found HECTORS?
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 59 - and most players walked straight past it.
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