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HELLISH

/ˈhɛlɪʃ/7 letters

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).

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

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.

Day 1Day 118
Its 2 boards, across 118 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
2
Boards found on
76
First board
118
Latest board
42
Longest gap, days

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

gingethepig

on Day 76, 4 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

HELLISH
7
Letters
2
Vowels
5
Consonants
5
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

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.

HELLISHLYHELLISHNESSHELLISHNESSES

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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