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HERPTILE

/ˈhɜːp.taɪl/8 letters

Definition of HERPTILE

noun

A reptile or amphibian.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Blend of herpetology and similar words + reptile.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

HERPTILE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 4 boards so far.

Day 1Day 121
Its 4 boards, across 121 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
4
Boards found on
36
First board
108
Latest board
28
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.

First ever to find it

panegyrist

on Day 36, 25 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

HERPTILE
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

HERPTILE starts with H and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EEHILPRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.

Could you have found HERPTILE?

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 36 - and most players walked straight past it.

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