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HALFPACE
Definition of HALFPACE
noun
A platform of a staircase where the stair turns back in exactly the reverse direction of the lower flight.
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Where it comes from
From half + pace.
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.
HALFPACE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First found by a player on Day 28, 17 June 2026.
Also on
Built from these letters
HALFPACE starts with H and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AACEFHLP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found HALFPACE?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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