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HIBERNATORS
Definition of HIBERNATORS
noun
plural of hibernator
HIBERNATOR
noun
Something that hibernates.
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Word DNA
HIBERNATORS inherits its ancestry from its root, HIBERNATE.
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (24,817)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, HIBERNATE · 4 relatives 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.
HIBERNATORS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.
Built from these letters
HIBERNATORS starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABEHINORRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once.
Words that start HIBERNA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HIBERNATORS?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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