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HONEYCOMBS
Definition of HONEYCOMBS
noun
plural of honeycomb
noun
A substance made by bees (clade Anthophila) primarily from beeswax which has hexagonal cells to hold their larvae, and for storing pollen and honey to feed the larvae and themselves when other food is scarce; it is also eaten by humans as part of comb-honey; a single sheet made up of two layers of this substance.
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Word DNA
HONEYCOMBS inherits its ancestry from its root, HONEYCOMB.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (11,554)
How it is built
Same root, HONEYCOMB · 2 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch, German.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HONEYCOMBS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 34 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.
Built from these letters
HONEYCOMBS starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BCEHMNOOSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start HONEYC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
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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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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