The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
HETERONOMY
Definition of HETERONOMY
noun
The political subjection of a community to the rule of another power or to an external law.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From hetero- + -nomy.
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.
HETERONOMY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 93, 21 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 27, 16 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HETERONOMY starts with H and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read EEHMNOORTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and O appear more than once.
Words that start HETERO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found HETERONOMY?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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