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HESPERIAN
Definition of HESPERIAN
adjective
Of or relating to the Hesperiidae family of butterflies.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Hesperia + -an
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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.
HESPERIAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 160, 27 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 177, 13 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 160, 27 October 2026.
Built from these letters
HESPERIAN starts with H and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AEEHINPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E 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 HESPER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HESPERIAN?
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 160 - and most players walked straight past it.
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