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HARL
Definition of HARL
noun
A fibre, especially a fibre of hemp or flax, or an individual fibre of a feather.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Cognate with Middle Low German herle, Low German harle, Saterland Frisian harrel (“hemp fibre”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle Low German
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
22nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.4%
of traced words share this origin (343)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, HARL · 3 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.
HARL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 23 boards so far. 22 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 42, 1 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 42, 1 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HARL starts with H and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AHLR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start HARL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 42
Could you have found HARL?
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 42 - and most players walked straight past it.
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