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HYDRANGEA
Definition of HYDRANGEA
noun
Any of several shrubs, of the genus Hydrangea, having large clusters of white, pink or blue flowers.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from taxonomic name Hydrangea, from Ancient Greek ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”) + ἀγγεῖον (angeîon, “vessel, capsule”). Named by Carl Linnaeus after the shape of its fruits.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,695)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, HYDRANGEA · 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.
HYDRANGEA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 38 boards so far. 82 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 16, 5 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 16, 5 June 2026.
Built from these letters
HYDRANGEA starts with H and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AADEGHNRY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start HYDRAN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 16
Could you have found HYDRANGEA?
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 16 - and most players walked straight past it.
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