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HARNESS
Definition of HARNESS
noun
A restraint or support, especially one consisting of a loop or network of rope or straps, and especially one worn by a working animal such as a horse pulling a carriage or farm implement.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English harneys, harnes, harneis, harnais, herneis, from Anglo-Norman harneis and Old French hernois (“equipment used in battle”), believed to be from Old Norse *hernest, from herr (“army”) + nest (“provisions”) (from Proto-Germanic *nesaną (“to heal, recover”)). More at harry.
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.
HARNESS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 124, 21 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 124, 21 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HARNESS starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEHNRSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start HARNES
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HARNESS?
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 124 - and most players walked straight past it.
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