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HORIZONTAL
Definition of HORIZONTAL
adjective
Perpendicular to the vertical; parallel to the plane of the horizon; level, flat.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle French horizontal, from horizon, horizonte, from Latin horizōn (stem horizont-).
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.
HORIZONTAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 69, 28 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 33 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 29, 18 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HORIZONTAL starts with H and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AHILNOORTZ - 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 29
Could you have found HORIZONTAL?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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