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HARPIN
Definition of HARPIN
noun
A protein produced by certain plant pathogens
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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.
HARPIN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 75, 3 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 27 days.
First found by a player on Day 75, 3 August 2026.
Built from these letters
HARPIN starts with H and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AHINPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start HARPIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HARPIN?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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