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HERDLIKE
Definition of HERDLIKE
adjective
Resembling or characteristic of a herd, especially in having a propensity to follow blindly after a leader.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From herd + -like.
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.
HERDLIKE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 61, 20 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 115, 12 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 61, 20 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HERDLIKE starts with H and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read DEEHIKLR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Could you have found HERDLIKE?
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 61 - and most players walked straight past it.
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