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HALFER
Definition of HALFER
noun
With regard to the Sleeping Beauty problem: one who argues that the probability of heads is 1/2.
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Where it comes from
From half + -er.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, HALF · 11 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.
HALFER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 170, 6 November 2026. The most recent board was Day 171, 7 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 170, 6 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HALFER starts with H and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AEFHLR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start HALFER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HALFER?
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 170 - and most players walked straight past it.
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