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WATERHEN
Definition of WATERHEN
noun
A species of bird in the genus Amaurornis of the family Rallidae.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From water + hen. Compare Saterland Frisian Woaterhanne, German Low German Waterhenne. Compare also Dutch waterhoen, German Wasserhuhn.
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.
WATERHEN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 99, 27 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 99, 27 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WATERHEN starts with W and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AEEHNRTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start WATERH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found WATERHEN?
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 99 - and most players walked straight past it.
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