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HISTRION

8 letters

Definition of HISTRION

noun

A stage actor.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Latin histriō. Compare French histrion. See histrionic.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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

HISTRION in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 24 boards so far. 28 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 97
Its 24 boards, across 97 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
24
Boards found on
21
First board
96
Latest board
8
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 96, 24 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First ever to find it

silentpages

on Day 21, 10 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

HISTRION
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

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

Words that start HISTRI

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

HISTRIOHISTRIOSHISTRIONSHISTRIONICHISTRIONICSHISTRIONISMHISTRIONICALLY

Could you have found HISTRION?

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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.

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