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HIBERNACULA
Definition of HIBERNACULA
noun
plural of hibernaculum
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Word DNA
HIBERNACULA inherits its ancestry from its root, HIBERNACULUM.
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,981)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, HIBERNACULUM · 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.
HIBERNACULA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 71, 30 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First found by a player on Day 71, 30 July 2026.
Built from these letters
HIBERNACULA starts with H and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AABCEHILNRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start HIBERNA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HIBERNACULA?
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 71 - and most players walked straight past it.
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