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HAPPEN
Definition of HAPPEN
verb
To occur or take place.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English happenen, hapnen, augmented from Middle English happen (“to come to pass, happen”), perhaps from Old English hæppan (“to move accidentally, slip”) and/or from Old Norse *happa, *heppa, from Proto-Germanic *hampijaną (“to fit in, be fitting”). Equivalent to hap (“a chance, occurrence, byfall”) + -en (verbal suffix).
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.
HAPPEN in OUTLIER
It has fitted 1 board so far. 18 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 117, 14 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 117, 14 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HAPPEN starts with H and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AEHNPP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. P appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start HAPPEN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HAPPEN?
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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