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HEGUMENOS
Definition of HEGUMENOS
noun
Alternative form of hegumen (“head of a monastery”).
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HEGUMENOS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 43, 2 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 59 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 43, 2 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HEGUMENOS starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EEGHMNOSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start HEGUME
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 43
Could you have found HEGUMENOS?
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 43 - and most players walked straight past it.
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