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HERBOLOGIES

/həɹˈbɒlədʒi/11 letters

Definition of HERBOLOGIES

Wiktionary has no entry for HERBOLOGIES itself. This is its base word, HERBOLOGY.

noun

The study of herbs and their medical properties, especially when combined

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Where it comes from

The origin recorded for HERBOLOGY.

From herb + -ology.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

noun4 syllablescompound-ology

Same root, HERB · 14 relatives in the game

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Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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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.

HERBOLOGIES in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 6 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 159
Its 6 boards, across 159 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
6
Boards found on
83
First board
153
Latest board
20
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 83, 11 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 153, 20 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.

First ever to find it

fliesPATRON

on Day 83, 11 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

HERBOLOGIES
11
Letters
5
Vowels
6
Consonants
9
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

HERBOLOGIES starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BEEGHILOORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and O appear more than once.

Words that start HERBOLO

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found HERBOLOGIES?

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 83 - and most players walked straight past it.

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