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HALBERD
Definition of HALBERD
noun
A two-handed pole weapon, consisting of a long pole with an axe-like blade mounted on it (at a right angle like an axe, not on the tip like a spear), and (opposite the blade) typically a spike or hook.
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Where it comes from
(1495) Middle French hallebarde, from Italian alabarda, from Middle High German helmbarte (“broad-axe with handle”), from halm, from Proto-Germanic *helmô (“handle”) + barte (“hatchet”), from *bardaz (“broadax”), literally "beard."
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.
HALBERD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 30 boards so far. 67 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 13, 2 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 13, 2 June 2026.
Built from these letters
HALBERD starts with H and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ABDEHLR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start HALBER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 13
Could you have found HALBERD?
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 13 - and most players walked straight past it.
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