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HYSTEROID
Definition of HYSTEROID
adjective
Similar to hysteria
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From hyster- + -oid.
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.
HYSTEROID in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 59, 18 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 59, 18 July 2026.
Built from these letters
HYSTEROID starts with H and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEHIORSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start HYSTER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 59
Could you have found HYSTEROID?
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 59 - and most players walked straight past it.
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