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HYSTERIA
Definition of HYSTERIA
noun
Behavior exhibiting excessive or uncontrollable emotions, in a wide range from joy to panic but usually including anxiety or fear.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From New Latin hysteria, a back-formation from Latin hystericus, from Ancient Greek ὑστερικός (husterikós, “suffering in the uterus, hysterical”), from ὑστέρα (hustéra, “womb”). Compare French hystérie.
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.
HYSTERIA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 35 boards so far. 81 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 13, 2 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 13, 2 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HYSTERIA starts with H and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AEHIRSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start HYSTER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 13
Could you have found HYSTERIA?
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 13 - and most players walked straight past it.
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