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HARO
Definition of HARO
interjection
An exclamation of distress; alas.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
See harrow or haro#French. The claim has been made that the word is from Old French haro, harou, from two words, "Ha" and "Rollo", referring to Duke Rollo of Normandy; his name became well known as a cry for justice and was later shortened to "Haro." -"The Little Duke", Charlotte Young, 1955
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.
HARO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 117, 14 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 119, 16 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 117, 14 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HARO starts with H and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read AHOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 HARO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HARO?
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 117 - and most players walked straight past it.
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