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HELLUVA
Definition of HELLUVA
adjective
(A) hell of a; extreme.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Written form of a reduction (relaxed pronunciation) of hell of a.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HELLUVA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 167, 3 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 137, 4 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HELLUVA starts with H and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AEHLLUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found HELLUVA?
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 137 - and most players walked straight past it.
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