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WATERHENS
Definition of WATERHENS
noun
plural of waterhen
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Word DNA
WATERHENS inherits its ancestry from its root, WATERHEN.
How it is built
Same root, WATERHEN · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch, German.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
WATERHENS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 98, 26 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 113, 10 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 37 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 98, 26 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WATERHENS starts with W and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEEHNRSTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
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 WATERH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found WATERHENS?
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 98 - and most players walked straight past it.
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