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HERALDRIES
Definition of HERALDRIES
noun
plural of heraldry
noun
The profession or art of devising, granting and blazoning coats of arms, tracing genealogies and ruling on questions of protocol or rank.
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Word DNA
HERALDRIES inherits its ancestry from its root, HERALD.
Line of descent
7 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.3%
of traced words share this origin (11,343)
How it is built
Same root, HERALD · 7 relatives in the game
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HERALDRIES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 141, 8 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 141, 8 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HERALDRIES starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADEEHILRRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and R appear more than once.
Words that start HERALD
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HERALDRIES?
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 141 - and most players walked straight past it.
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