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HERLING
Definition of HERLING
noun
The young of the sea trout or similar trout, once thought to be a separate species.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Unknown
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, HERL · 2 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HERLING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First found by a player on Day 141, 8 October 2026.
Built from these letters
HERLING starts with H and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read EGHILNR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found HERLING?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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