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HYPERVIGILANCE
Definition of HYPERVIGILANCE
noun
An enhanced state of sensory sensitivity accompanied by an exaggerated intensity of behaviors whose purpose is to detect threats.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From hyper- + vigilance.
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.
HYPERVIGILANCE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 17 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 49, 8 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 49, 8 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HYPERVIGILANCE starts with H and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEEGHIILNPRVY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and I appear more than once.
Words that start HYPERVIGIL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 49
Could you have found HYPERVIGILANCE?
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 49 - and most players walked straight past it.
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