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HARTAL
Definition of HARTAL
noun
the closure of shops and offices, typically as a strike.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed, via Hindi हड़ताल (haṛtāl), from Gujarati હડતાળ (haḍtāḷ), હડતાલ (haḍtāl), literally “locking of shops”.
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.
HARTAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 71, 30 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 49 days.
First found by a player on Day 71, 30 July 2026.
Built from these letters
HARTAL starts with H and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AAHLRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
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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 71 - and most players walked straight past it.
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