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HORSELIKE

9 letters

Definition of HORSELIKE

adjective

Similar to a horse.

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Another sense

HORSELIKE carries a second meaning.

  1. adjective

    Similar to that of a horse; as, a horselike head

Where it comes from

From horse + -like.

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Word DNA

How it is built

adjectivecompound-like

Same root, HORSE · 12 relatives in the game

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HORSELIKE in a sentence

“Sydney, Quinn's daughter that the Entire claimed for its own and sent to live among Inyx, a horselike sentient beings that live in the steppe, as an outcast, where she dreams of 'free bonds' with their captors and of overthrowing the evil Tarig rule.”

Kay Kenyon - Bright of the Sky (Book Review), 2009

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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.

HORSELIKE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 36 boards so far. 84 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 158
Its 36 boards, across 158 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
36
Boards found on
59
First board
158
Latest board
11
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 59, 18 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

phobrek

on Day 59, 18 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

HORSELIKE
9
Letters
4
Vowels
5
Consonants
8
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

HORSELIKE starts with H and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EEHIKLORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.

Words that start HORSEL

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

HORSELESSHORSELAUGHHORSELEECHHORSELAUGHS

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