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HAGGARD
Definition of HAGGARD
adjective
Looking exhausted, worried, or poor in condition
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle French haggard, from Old French faulcon hagard (“wild falcon”) (> French hagard (“dazed”)), from Middle High German hag (“coppice”) (> archaic German Hag (“hedge, grove”)). Akin to Frankish *hagia (> French haie (“hedge”))
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.1%
of traced words share this origin (827)
branch · 22.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, HAGGARD · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Frankish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HAGGARD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 49 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 134, 1 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 134, 1 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HAGGARD starts with H and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read AADGGHR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and G appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start HAGGAR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HAGGARD?
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