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HARMEL
Definition of HARMEL
noun
Dated form of harmal.
HARMAL
noun
Peganum harmala, a perennial plant of the family Nitrariaceae.
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Word DNA
HARMEL inherits its ancestry from its root, HARMAL.
Line of descent
- Arabic
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
11th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.4%
of traced words share this origin (1,130)
branch · 2.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, HARMAL · 11 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.
HARMEL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 93, 21 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 56 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 93, 21 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HARMEL starts with H and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AEHLMR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found HARMEL?
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 93 - and most players walked straight past it.
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