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HINDGUT
Definition of HINDGUT
noun
The caudal part of the alimentary canal of an embryo, including the colon and the rectum, in humans and some other animals.
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Where it comes from
From hind + gut.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HINDGUT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 50, 9 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 50, 9 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HINDGUT starts with H and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read DGHINTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 50
Could you have found HINDGUT?
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 50 - and most players walked straight past it.
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