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HIBERNACULUM
Definition of HIBERNACULUM
noun
The place where a hibernating animal shelters for the winter.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin hībernāculum (“winter quarters”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,696)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
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.
HIBERNACULUM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 71, 30 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 71, 30 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HIBERNACULUM starts with H and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read ABCEHILMNRUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Words that start HIBERNAC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HIBERNACULUM?
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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