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HELLFIRE

/ˈhɛlˌfaɪə/8 letters

Definition of HELLFIRE

noun

The fire of Hell.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Middle English helle fire, helever, from Old English hellefȳr, equivalent to hell + fire. Cognate with West Frisian helfjoer (“hellfire”), Dutch hellevuur (“hellfire”), German Höllenfeuer (“hellfire”).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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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.

HELLFIRE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 2 boards so far. 40 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 119
Its 2 boards, across 119 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
2
Boards found on
117
First board
118
Latest board
1
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 117, 14 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First ever to find it

lisa

on Day 117, 14 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

HELLFIRE
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
6
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

HELLFIRE starts with H and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EEFHILLR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and L appear more than once, including a double letter.

Words that start HELLFI

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found HELLFIRE?

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 117 - and most players walked straight past it.

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