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HEDGEROW
Definition of HEDGEROW
noun
A row of closely planted bushes or trees forming a hedge.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English heggerowe, heggerewe, heggerawe, from Old English *heċġrāw, *heċġrǣw (attested only as Old English heġerǣwe, heġerēwe (“hedgerow”)), equivalent to hedge + row.
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.
HEDGEROW in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 30 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 32, 21 June 2026.
Built from these letters
HEDGEROW starts with H and ends with W. Sorted, its letters read DEEGHORW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start HEDGER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found HEDGEROW?
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 32 - and most players walked straight past it.
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