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HEIFER

/ˈhɛfə(ɹ)/6 letters

Definition of HEIFER

noun

A young female cow, one over one year old but which has not calved.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Inherited from Middle English heyfre, hayfre, heyfer, from Old English hēahfore, hēahfru, of disputed origin; see the Old English entry for more discussion.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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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.

HEIFER in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 32 boards so far. 61 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 111
Its 32 boards, across 111 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
32
Boards found on
12
First board
109
Latest board
10
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 12, 1 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.

First found by a player on Day 12, 1 June 2026.

Built from these letters

HEIFER
6
Letters
3
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

HEIFER starts with H and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EEFHIR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.

Words that start HEIFER

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

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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 12 - and most players walked straight past it.

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