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HERNIATES
Definition of HERNIATES
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of herniate
verb
Of a tissue, structure, or part of an organ: to protrude through the muscular tissue or the membrane by which it is normally contained, causing a hernia.
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Word DNA
HERNIATES inherits its ancestry from its root, HERNIATE.
How it is built
Same root, HERNIATE · 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.
HERNIATES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 75, 3 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 160, 27 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 75, 3 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
HERNIATES starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEEHINRST - 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 HERNIA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HERNIATES?
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 75 - and most players walked straight past it.
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