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HORDEOLA
Definition of HORDEOLA
noun
plural of hordeolum
noun
stye, sty. An infection of a sebaceous gland of the eyelid. This is distinguished from a chalazion, which is not infected, but a cyst formed from an impacted meibomian gland of the eyelid.
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Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HORDEOLA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 80, 8 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HORDEOLA starts with H and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read ADEHLOOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Could you have found HORDEOLA?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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