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HERNIAS
Definition of HERNIAS
noun
plural of hernia
noun
A disorder in which a part of the body protrudes abnormally through a tear or opening in an adjacent part, especially of the abdomen.
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Word DNA
HERNIAS inherits its ancestry from its root, HERNIA.
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,860)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, HERNIA · 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.
HERNIAS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 18 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 39, 28 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 151, 18 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 46, 5 July 2026.
Built from these letters
HERNIAS starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEHINRS - 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.
Words that start HERNIA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 39
Could you have found HERNIAS?
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 39 - and most players walked straight past it.
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