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HALF
Definition of HALF
noun
One of two usually roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided, or considered as divided.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English half, halfe from Old English healf (“half”); as a noun, 'half', 'side', 'part', from Proto-West Germanic *halb, from Proto-Germanic *halbaz. Cognate with Old Saxon, Old Frisian, and Old Dutch half, West Frisian heal, Dutch half, German halb, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish halv, Icelandic hálfur and Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌻𐌱𐍃 (halbs). Compare halve, behalf.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HALF in OUTLIER
It has fitted 91 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 4, 25 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 22, 11 June 2026.
Built from these letters
HALF starts with H and ends with F. Sorted, its letters read AFHL - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start HALF
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 4
Could you have found HALF?
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 4 - and most players walked straight past it.
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