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HORRID
Definition of HORRID
adjective
Bristling, rough, rugged.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin horridus (“rough, bristly, savage, shaggy, rude”), from horrere (“to bristle”). See horrent, horror, ordure.
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.
HORRID 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
HORRID starts with H and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DHIORR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start HORRID
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HORRID?
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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