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HERO
Definition of HERO
noun
Somebody who possesses great bravery and carries out extraordinary or noble deeds.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English heroes, from Old French heroes, from Latin hērōs (“hero”), from Ancient Greek ἥρως (hḗrōs, “demi-god, hero”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to watch over, protect”); if so, related to Latin servo (“protect”). Displaced Middle English heleð, haleð, from Old English hæleþ, hæle.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HERO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 20 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First found by a player on Day 25, 14 June 2026.
Built from these letters
HERO starts with H and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read EHOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start HERO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found HERO?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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