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HORNBEAMS
Definition of HORNBEAMS
noun
plural of hornbeam
noun
A tree of the genus Carpinus, having smooth grey bark and a ridged trunk, the wood being white and very hard, found in temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. Especially, the American hornbeam (Carpinus caroliniana), which is common along the banks of streams in the United States. Especially, the common hornbeam or European hornbeam (Carpinus betulus).
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Word DNA
HORNBEAMS inherits its ancestry from its root, HORNBEAM.
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.2%
of traced words share this origin (4,995)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, HORNBEAM · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HORNBEAMS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 16 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. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 27, 16 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HORNBEAMS starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABEHMNORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start HORNBE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found HORNBEAMS?
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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