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HERMITAGE
Definition of HERMITAGE
noun
A house or dwelling where a hermit lives.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English hermytage, ermitage, from Old French ermitage, hermitaige, from Latin erēmīta, borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐρημίτης (erēmítēs, “hermit”). By surface analysis, hermit + -age.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,724)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, HERMITAGE · 1 relative 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.
HERMITAGE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 33 boards so far. 68 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 26, 15 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HERMITAGE starts with H and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEEGHIMRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start HERMIT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found HERMITAGE?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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