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HENNED
Definition of HENNED
verb
simple past and past participle of hen
HEN
noun
A female chicken (Gallus gallus), especially a sexually mature one kept for her eggs.
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Word DNA
HENNED inherits its ancestry from its root, HEN.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (11,843)
How it is built
Same root, HEN · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, Icelandic, Latin, Russian, Swedish.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HENNED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 24 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 145, 12 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HENNED starts with H and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEEHNN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and N appear more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found HENNED?
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 145 - and most players walked straight past it.
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