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HARPINGS
Definition of HARPINGS
noun
The front part of the wales of a vessel, around the bow and fastened to the stem; used to provide protection from the seas.
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Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HARPINGS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 32 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 30, 19 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 135, 2 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First found by a player on Day 31, 20 June 2026.
Built from these letters
HARPINGS starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AGHINPRS - 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 HARPIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 30
Could you have found HARPINGS?
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 30 - and most players walked straight past it.
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