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HIGHBORN

8 letters

Definition of HIGHBORN

adjective

Of high social standing as a result of having been born a member of an upper-level social class.

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Where it comes from

From high + born.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

adjectivecompound

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

HIGHBORN in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 167
Its one board, across 167 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
151
First board
16
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 151, 18 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.

First ever to find it

amytornis

on Day 151, 18 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

HIGHBORN
8
Letters
2
Vowels
6
Consonants
7
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

HIGHBORN starts with H and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read BGHHINOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. H appears more than once.

Words that start HIGHBO

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found HIGHBORN?

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 151 - and most players walked straight past it.

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