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HARBINGER
Definition of HARBINGER
noun
A person or thing that foreshadows or foretells the coming of someone or something.
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Where it comes from
Originally, a person sent in advance to arrange lodgings. From Middle English herberjour, herbergeour, from Old French herbergeor (French hébergeur), from herbergier (“to set up camp; to shelter; to take shelter”) + -or (suffix forming agent nouns), from Old High German heribergan, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *harjabergu (“army camp, shelter”). Compare German Herberge, Italian albergo, Dutch herberg, English harbor. More at here, bury.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HARBINGER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 124, 21 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 124, 21 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HARBINGER starts with H and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ABEGHINRR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once.
Words that start HARBIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HARBINGER?
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 124 - and most players walked straight past it.
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