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HARROW
Definition of HARROW
noun
A device consisting of a heavy framework having several disks or teeth in a row, which is dragged across ploughed land to smooth or break up the soil, to remove weeds or cover seeds; a harrow plow.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English harwe, harow, from Old English *hearwa (perhaps ultimately cognate with harvest), or from Old Norse harfr/herfi; compare Danish harve (“harrow”), Dutch hark (“rake”). Akin to Latin carpere. According to the OED, the verb senses are partly derived from the noun sense, partly from a by-form of the verb harry, itself from Old English hergian.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
14th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1%
of traced words share this origin (857)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, HARROW · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, 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.
HARROW in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far. 24 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 124, 21 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 24 days.
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
HARROW starts with H and ends with W. Sorted, its letters read AHORRW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start HARROW
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HARROW?
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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