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HEGEMONIC
Definition of HEGEMONIC
adjective
Of or pertaining to hegemony.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From hegemony + -ic.
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.
HEGEMONIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 23 boards so far. 71 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 14, 3 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 14, 3 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HEGEMONIC starts with H and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CEEGHIMNO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start HEGEMO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 14
Could you have found HEGEMONIC?
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 14 - and most players walked straight past it.
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