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HEMP
Definition of HEMP
noun
A tall annual herb, Cannabis sativa, native to Asia.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English hemp, from Old English henep, from Proto-West Germanic *hanapi, from Proto-Germanic *hanapiz. Doublet of cannabis and canvas.
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.
HEMP in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 26 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 112, 9 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First found by a player on Day 25, 14 June 2026.
Built from these letters
HEMP starts with H and ends with P. Sorted, its letters read EHMP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start HEMP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found HEMP?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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