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HELLGRAMMITES
Definition of HELLGRAMMITES
noun
plural of hellgrammite (alternative spelling of hellgramites).
noun
The aquatic larval form of the dobsonfly, having a segmented body with legs on each segment, and a head with prominent pincers, prized as fish bait.
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Word DNA
HELLGRAMMITES inherits its ancestry from its root, HELLGRAMMITE.
How it is built
Same root, HELLGRAMMITE · 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.
HELLGRAMMITES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 166, 2 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 166, 2 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HELLGRAMMITES starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEEGHILLMMRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E, L and M appear more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found HELLGRAMMITES?
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 166 - and most players walked straight past it.
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