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HORNBLENDES
Definition of HORNBLENDES
noun
plural of hornblende
noun
A green to black amphibole mineral, of complex structure, formed in the late stages of cooling in igneous rock.
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Word DNA
HORNBLENDES inherits its ancestry from its root, HORNBLENDE.
Line of descent
- German
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.3%
of traced words share this origin (2,708)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, HORNBLENDE · 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.
HORNBLENDES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 159, 26 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HORNBLENDES starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BDEEHLNNORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N and E appear more than once.
Words that start HORNBLE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HORNBLENDES?
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 159 - and most players walked straight past it.
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