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HAEMONIES
Definition of HAEMONIES
Wiktionary has no entry for HAEMONIES itself. This is its base word, HAEMONY.
noun
A magical plant mentioned by John Milton, said to be good against enchantments.
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Where it comes from
The origin recorded for HAEMONY.
Coined by John Milton for the play Comus around 1634 (see quotation below). Various scholars suggest that the word comes from a classical source such as Latin Haemonia (“Thessaly”, a place associated with magic), Ancient Greek αἷμα (haîma, “blood”), or Ancient Greek αἵμων (haímōn, “skillful”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.4%
of traced words share this origin (10,302)
branch · 12.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, HAEMONY · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HAEMONIES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 113, 10 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 55 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 113, 10 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HAEMONIES starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEEHIMNOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Could you have found HAEMONIES?
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