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HARLEQUINADE
Definition of HARLEQUINADE
noun
A pantomime-like comedy featuring the harlequin or clown.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French arlequinade.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HARLEQUINADE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 45, 4 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 45, 4 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HARLEQUINADE starts with H and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AADEEHILNQRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and E appear more than once. It uses Q - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start HARLEQUI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 45
Could you have found HARLEQUINADE?
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 45 - and most players walked straight past it.
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