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HALLOUMI
Definition of HALLOUMI
noun
A traditional cheese from Cyprus, made from goat's and/or sheep's milk.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from Greek χαλλούμι (challoúmi), from Cypriot Arabic xallúm, from Egyptian Arabic حَلُّوم, from Sahidic Coptic ϩⲁⲗⲱⲙ (halōm, “cheese”), or ⲁⲗⲱⲙ (alōm, “cheese”), itself in turn probably a borrowing from Semitic, though in manuscripts and ostraca from 2nd century Roman Egypt, Egyptian Demotic Egyptian ḥlm is also attested with the meaning "cheese".
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.
HALLOUMI in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 110, 7 September 2026.
Built from these letters
HALLOUMI starts with H and ends with I. Sorted, its letters read AHILLMOU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start HALLOU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HALLOUMI?
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 110 - and most players walked straight past it.
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