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HABERDINE
Definition of HABERDINE
noun
cod salted and dried.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Dutch abberdaan, labberdaan, or a French [Term?] form. Compare Old French habordeau, from the name of a Basque district, and French Labourd, adjective Labourdin. The letter l was misunderstood as the French article l'.
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.
HABERDINE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 124, 21 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 125, 22 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 124, 21 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HABERDINE starts with H and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ABDEEHINR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start HABERD
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HABERDINE?
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 124 - and most players walked straight past it.
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