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HAIMISH
Definition of HAIMISH
adjective
homey, folksy
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Yiddish היימיש (heymish) (compare German heimisch).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Yiddish
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
30th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.3%
of traced words share this origin (213)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, HAIMISH · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names 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.
HAIMISH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 161, 28 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 161, 28 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HAIMISH starts with H and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read AHHIIMS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. H and I appear more than once.
Could you have found HAIMISH?
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 161 - and most players walked straight past it.
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