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HELLFIRES
Definition of HELLFIRES
noun
plural of hellfire
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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.
HELLFIRES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 29 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 118, 15 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HELLFIRES starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EEFHILLRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and L appear more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found HELLFIRES?
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 118 - and most players walked straight past it.
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