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HEMMING
Definition of HEMMING
verb
present participle and gerund of hem
HEM
symbol
ISO 639-3 language code for Hemba.
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Word DNA
HEMMING inherits its ancestry from its root, HEM.
How it is built
Same root, HEM · 2 relatives 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.
HEMMING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 161, 28 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 161, 28 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HEMMING starts with H and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read EGHIMMN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. M appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start HEMMIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HEMMING?
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 161 - and most players walked straight past it.
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