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HEINOUS
Definition of HEINOUS
adjective
Totally reprehensible.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English heynous, from Anglo-Norman hainous, heinous (compare French haineux) from Old French haïr, hadir (“to hate”) (compare Old French en-hadir (“to become filled with hate”)), from Frankish *hattjan (“to hate”) (compare Middle English hetien). More at hate. The fluctuation between pronunciations with /eɪ/ and /iː/ is old; the former reflects adoption of an unmonophthongised pronunciation of Old French -ai-, while the latter reflects a monophthongised form.
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.
HEINOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 46 boards so far. 79 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 13, 2 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 15, 4 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HEINOUS starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EHINOSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start HEINOU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 13
Could you have found HEINOUS?
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 13 - and most players walked straight past it.
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