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HALLO
Definition of HALLO
interjection
Alternative form of hello (“greeting”).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English halou, halow, halloo (interjection used to call attention), representing Old English hēlā, ǣlā, ēalā (“O!, alas!, oh!, lo!”), equivalent to hey + lo.
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.
HALLO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 117, 14 September 2026.
Built from these letters
HALLO starts with H and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read AHLLO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once, including a double letter.
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 HALLO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HALLO?
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 117 - and most players walked straight past it.
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