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HELLCAT
Definition of HELLCAT
noun
A witch.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From hell + cat.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, HELLCAT · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HELLCAT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 19 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 137, 4 October 2026.
Built from these letters
HELLCAT starts with H and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ACEHLLT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found HELLCAT?
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 137 - and most players walked straight past it.
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