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HORNED
Definition of HORNED
adjective
Having horns.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English horned, hornyd, from Old English hyrned, ġehyrned (“having horns; horned”), from Proto-Germanic *hurnidaz (“horned”), past participle of Proto-Germanic *hurnijaną (“to horn; provide or fit with horns”); equivalent to horn (“noun”) + -ed. Cognate with Dutch gehoornd (“horned”), German gehörnt (“horned”), Danish hornede (“horned”).
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HORNED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 39, 28 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 86, 14 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First found by a player on Day 39, 28 June 2026.
Built from these letters
HORNED starts with H and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEHNOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start HORNED
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 39
Could you have found HORNED?
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 39 - and most players walked straight past it.
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