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HERSHIP
Definition of HERSHIP
noun
Pillaging, devastation, plunder.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From here (“army”), or the stem of Old English herġan (“harry”), + -ship.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,054)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HERSHIP in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 151, 18 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 161, 28 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 151, 18 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HERSHIP starts with H and ends with P. Sorted, its letters read EHHIPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. H 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 HERSHI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HERSHIP?
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 151 - and most players walked straight past it.
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