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HEURISM
Definition of HEURISM
noun
Knowledge derived from empirical study and practical adoption of experience.
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, HEURISM · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HEURISM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 46 boards so far. 85 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 161, 28 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 26, 15 June 2026.
Built from these letters
HEURISM starts with H and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read EHIMRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 HEURIS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found HEURISM?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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