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HERTZ
Definition of HERTZ
noun
In the International System of Units, the derived unit of frequency; one (period or cycle of any periodic event) per second.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Named after German physicist Heinrich Rudolf Hertz (1857–1894).
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.
HERTZ in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 107, 4 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 29, 18 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HERTZ starts with H and ends with Z. Sorted, its letters read EHRTZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found HERTZ?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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