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HERONRIES
Definition of HERONRIES
noun
plural of heronry
HERONRY
noun
A breeding woodland for herons; a heron rookery.
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Word DNA
HERONRIES inherits its ancestry from its root, HERONRY.
How it is built
Same root, HERONRY · 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.
HERONRIES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 141, 8 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 151, 18 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 141, 8 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HERONRIES starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EEHINORRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and R appear more than once.
Words that start HERONR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HERONRIES?
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 141 - and most players walked straight past it.
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