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HYDRANT
Definition of HYDRANT
noun
An outlet from a liquid/fluid main often consisting of an upright pipe with a valve attached from which fluid (e.g. water or fuel) can be tapped.
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Where it comes from
An irregular formation: hydr- + -ant, originally US English. By surface analysis, hydrate + -ant.
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.
HYDRANT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 32, 21 June 2026.
Built from these letters
HYDRANT starts with H and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ADHNRTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start HYDRAN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found HYDRANT?
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 32 - and most players walked straight past it.
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