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HARMONICAS
Definition of HARMONICAS
noun
plural of harmonica
noun
A musical wind instrument with a series of holes for the player to blow into, each hole producing a different note.
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Word DNA
HARMONICAS inherits its ancestry from its root, HARMONICA.
How it is built
Same root, HARMONICA · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Latin.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HARMONICAS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 32 boards so far. 43 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 6, 27 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 6, 27 May 2026.
Built from these letters
HARMONICAS starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AACHIMNORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start HARMON
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 6
Could you have found HARMONICAS?
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 6 - and most players walked straight past it.
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