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HARANGUE
Definition of HARANGUE
noun
An impassioned, disputatious public speech.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English arang and French harangue, from Old Italian aringa (modern Italian arringa) from aringare (“speak in public”) (modern Italian arringare), from aringo (“public assembly”), from Gothic *𐌷𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍃 (*hriggs) or a compound containing it, akin to Old High German hring (“ring”) (whence German Ring). Doublet of range, rank, ring, and rink.
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Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
3.1%
of traced words share this origin (905)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, HARANGUE · 2 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.
HARANGUE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 53 boards so far. 129 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 24, 13 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HARANGUE starts with H and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AAEGHNRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start HARANG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found HARANGUE?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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