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HARDTACKS
Definition of HARDTACKS
noun
plural of hardtack
noun
A large, hard biscuit made from unleavened flour and water; formerly used as a long-term staple food aboard ships.
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Word DNA
HARDTACKS inherits its ancestry from its root, HARDTACK.
How it is built
Same root, HARDTACK · 1 relative 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.
HARDTACKS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 40 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 32, 21 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HARDTACKS starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AACDHKRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start HARDTA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HARDTACKS?
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 32 - and most players walked straight past it.
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