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HEDGEHOGS
Definition of HEDGEHOGS
noun
plural of hedgehog
noun
A small mammal of the subfamily Erinaceinae, characterized by their spiny back and often by the habit of rolling up into a ball when attacked, native to Afro-Eurasia.
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Word DNA
HEDGEHOGS inherits its ancestry from its root, HEDGEHOG.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.7%
of traced words share this origin (2,977)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, HEDGEHOG · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Korean.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HEDGEHOGS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 76, 4 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 161, 28 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 76, 4 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HEDGEHOGS starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DEEGGHHOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. H, E and G appear more than once.
Words that start HEDGEH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HEDGEHOGS?
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 76 - and most players walked straight past it.
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