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HERDSMAN
Definition of HERDSMAN
noun
A person who tends livestock, especially cows and sheep; especially, the foreman among a group of such farmworkers, usually with more knowledge and experience.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From herd + -s- + -man.
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.
HERDSMAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 95, 23 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 96, 24 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 95, 23 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HERDSMAN starts with H and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ADEHMNRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found HERDSMAN?
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 95 - and most players walked straight past it.
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