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HORIZON
Definition of HORIZON
noun
The visible horizontal line (in all directions) where the sky appears to meet the earth in the distance.
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Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English orisonte, orisoun, from Middle French horizon, horizonte, from Old French orisonte, orison, via Latin horizōn, from Ancient Greek ὁρίζων (horízōn), from ὅρος (hóros, “boundary”).
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.
HORIZON in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 69, 28 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 33 days.
First found by a player on Day 36, 25 June 2026.
Built from these letters
HORIZON starts with H and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read HINOORZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start HORIZO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 36
Could you have found HORIZON?
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 36 - and most players walked straight past it.
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