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HARVESTMEN
Definition of HARVESTMEN
noun
plural of harvestman
noun
A male harvester; any harvester (person who works to gather in the crops at harvest time).
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Word DNA
HARVESTMEN inherits its ancestry from its root, HARVEST.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.3%
of traced words share this origin (11,293)
How it is built
Same root, HARVEST · 5 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Ancient Greek, Danish, Dutch, Latin, Norwegian.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HARVESTMEN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 96, 24 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 96, 24 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HARVESTMEN starts with H and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AEEHMNRSTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start HARVES
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HARVESTMEN?
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 96 - and most players walked straight past it.
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