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HARK
Definition of HARK
verb
To listen attentively.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English herken, herkien, from Old English *hercian, *heorcian, *hiercian, from Proto-West Germanic *hauʀikōn, *hauʀukōn, derived ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hauzijaną (“to hear”) + formative/intensive -k (see also the related hīeran, whence English hear). Equivalent to hear + -k. Cognate with Scots herk (“to hark”), North Frisian harke (“to hark”), West Frisian harkje (“to listen”), obsolete Dutch horken (“to hark, listen to”), Middle Low German horken (“to hark”), German horchen (“to hark, harken to”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,861)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, HARK · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch, Middle Low German, Scots.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HARK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 38 boards so far. 71 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 30, 19 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 163, 30 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 30, 19 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HARK starts with H and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read AHKR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start HARK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 30
Could you have found HARK?
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