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HELLISH
Definition of HELLISH
adjective
infernal, related or similar to hell.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From hell + -ish.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HELLISH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far. 22 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 76, 4 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 118, 15 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 76, 4 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HELLISH starts with H and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read EHHILLS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. H and L appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start HELLIS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HELLISH?
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 76 - and most players walked straight past it.
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