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HARUSPEX
Definition of HARUSPEX
noun
A soothsayer or priest in Ancient Rome (originally Etruscan) who practiced haruspicy, divination by inspecting entrails.
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Other senses
HARUSPEX carries 3 further meanings.
noun
A priest in ancient Rome who practiced divination by the inspection of the entrails of animals.
noun
One of a class of minor priests or soothsayers in ancient Rome, of Etrurian origin, whose function it was to inspect the entrails of victims killed in sacrifice, and by them, as well as by certain natural phenomena, to interpret the will of the gods.
noun
A soothsayer or priest in Ancient Rome (originally Etruscan) who practiced divination by inspecting entrails.
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin haruspex.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,643)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
HARUSPEX in a sentence
“Winding through this timberland of wind catchers, Ken stops to point out the original seed, the squat "blunderbuss," a ducted turbine installed in 1926 by one Dew Oliver, who raised $12 million for his scheme, but ended up convicted of fraud, though today he would not only be absolved, but crowned a haruspex, the Benjamin Graham of energy pickers.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HARUSPEX in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 189 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 32, 21 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HARUSPEX starts with H and ends with X. Sorted, its letters read AEHPRSUX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start HARUSP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found HARUSPEX?
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