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HELIOGRAPHY
Definition of HELIOGRAPHY
noun
The scientific study of the Sun.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From helio- + -graphy.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HELIOGRAPHY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 161, 28 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 161, 28 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HELIOGRAPHY starts with H and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AEGHHILOPRY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. H appears more than once.
Words that start HELIOGR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HELIOGRAPHY?
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 161 - and most players walked straight past it.
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