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HARLEQUINADES
Definition of HARLEQUINADES
noun
plural of harlequinade
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Word DNA
HARLEQUINADES inherits its ancestry from its root, HARLEQUINADE.
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
7.2%
of traced words share this origin (2,155)
branch · 15.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, HARLEQUINADE · 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.
HARLEQUINADES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 101, 29 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 126, 23 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 27 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 101, 29 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HARLEQUINADES starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AADEEHILNQRSU - 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 HARLEQUIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HARLEQUINADES?
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 101 - and most players walked straight past it.
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