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HOURGLASSES
Definition of HOURGLASSES
noun
plural of hourglass
noun
A clock made of two glass vessels connected by a narrow passage through which sand flows.
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Word DNA
HOURGLASSES inherits its ancestry from its root, HOURGLASS.
How it is built
Same root, HOURGLASS · 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.
HOURGLASSES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 162, 29 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HOURGLASSES starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEGHLORSSSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found HOURGLASSES?
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 162 - and most players walked straight past it.
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