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HORNWORTS
Definition of HORNWORTS
noun
plural of hornwort
noun
Any of certain bryophytes, of phylum Anthocerotophyta, with a leafless thallus characterized by a dominant gametophyte stage of the life cycle and a sporophyte stage shaped like a horn.
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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.
HORNWORTS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 124, 21 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 124, 21 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HORNWORTS starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read HNOORRSTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and R appear more than once.
Words that start HORNWO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HORNWORTS?
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 124 - and most players walked straight past it.
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