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HERBACEOUS
Definition of HERBACEOUS
adjective
Not woody, lacking lignified tissues.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin herbāceus (“grassy”). By surface analysis, herb + -aceous.
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.
HERBACEOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 47 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 34, 23 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 34, 23 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HERBACEOUS starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABCEEHORSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 34
Could you have found HERBACEOUS?
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 34 - and most players walked straight past it.
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