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HARLEQUINED
Definition of HARLEQUINED
verb
simple past and past participle of harlequin
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HARLEQUINED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 66, 25 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 89, 17 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 66, 25 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HARLEQUINED starts with H and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADEEHILNQRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once. It uses Q - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start HARLEQU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HARLEQUINED?
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 66 - and most players walked straight past it.
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