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HIGHLIFES
Definition of HIGHLIFES
noun
plural of highlife
noun
A genre of music that originated in Ghana in the early 20th century, blending elements of traditional Akan music with Western instruments and ideas.
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Word DNA
HIGHLIFES inherits its ancestry from its root, HIGHLIFE.
How it is built
Same root, HIGHLIFE · 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.
HIGHLIFES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 151, 18 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 161, 28 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 151, 18 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HIGHLIFES starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EFGHHIILS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. H and I appear more than once.
Words that start HIGHLI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HIGHLIFES?
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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