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HALBERT
Definition of HALBERT
noun
Alternative form 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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Word DNA
HALBERT inherits its ancestry from its root, HALBERD.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,724)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, HALBERD · 3 relatives 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.
HALBERT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 46, 5 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 119, 16 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 41 days.
First found by a player on Day 46, 5 July 2026.
Built from these letters
HALBERT starts with H and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ABEHLRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start HALBER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 46
Could you have found HALBERT?
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 46 - and most players walked straight past it.
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