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HORDES
Definition of HORDES
noun
plural of horde
noun
A wandering troop or gang; especially, a clan or tribe of a nomadic people (originally Tatars) migrating from place to place for the sake of pasturage, plunder, etc.; a predatory multitude.
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Word DNA
HORDES inherits its ancestry from its root, HORDE.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
20th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.5%
of traced words share this origin (374)
branch · 0.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, HORDE · 2 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Turkish, Urdu.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HORDES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 26 boards so far. 40 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 20, 9 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 161, 28 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 20, 9 June 2026.
Built from these letters
HORDES starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DEHORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 20
Could you have found HORDES?
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 20 - and most players walked straight past it.
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