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HALBERDS
Definition of HALBERDS
noun
plural 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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Another sense
HALBERDS carries a second meaning.
noun
Plural form of halberd.
Word DNA
HALBERDS inherits its ancestry from its root, HALBERD.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.3%
of traced words share this origin (981)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, HALBERD · 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.
HALBERDS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 50 boards so far. 100 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 37, 26 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 37, 26 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HALBERDS starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABDEHLRS - 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 37
Could you have found HALBERDS?
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 37 - and most players walked straight past it.
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