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HYDRONAUTS
Definition of HYDRONAUTS
noun
plural of hydronaut
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Word DNA
HYDRONAUTS inherits its ancestry from its root, HYDRONAUT.
How it is built
Same root, HYDRONAUT · 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.
HYDRONAUTS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 18 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 64, 23 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 164, 31 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 64, 23 July 2026.
Built from these letters
HYDRONAUTS starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADHNORSTUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start HYDRON
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HYDRONAUTS?
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 64 - and most players walked straight past it.
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