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HERB
Definition of HERB
noun
A plant whose stem is not woody and does not persist beyond each growing season.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English herbe, erbe, from Old French erbe (French herbe), from Latin herba. Initial h was restored to the spelling in the 15th century on the basis of Latin, but it remained mute until the 19th century and still is for many speakers. Doublet of yerba.
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.
HERB in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 36, 25 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HERB starts with H and ends with B. Sorted, its letters read BEHR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start HERB
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 36
Could you have found HERB?
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 36 - and most players walked straight past it.
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