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HERETO

/ˌhɪɹˈtuː/6 letters

Definition of HERETO

adverb

To here; to this.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Middle English hereto, herto, equivalent to here + to.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

Line of descent

  1. Middle English
  2. English

One recorded step before English.

Middle English

Deepest traced root

4th

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

7.6%

of traced words share this origin (2,235)

Germanic

branch · 22.3% of traced words

How it is built

adverb2 syllablescompound

Every Middle English word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

HERETO in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 150
Its 18 boards, across 150 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
18
Boards found on
49
First board
147
Latest board
17
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 49, 8 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.

First ever to find it

jh638sewist

on Day 49, 8 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

HERETO
6
Letters
3
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

HERETO starts with H and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read EEHORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.

Same letters, different word

One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

Words that start HERETO

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

HERETOFOREHERETOFORES

Could you have found HERETO?

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 49 - and most players walked straight past it.

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