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HASTEN
Definition of HASTEN
verb
To move or act in a quick fashion.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Originally intransitive, from haste + -en (verbal suffix).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, HASTEN · 3 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HASTEN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 45 boards so far. 98 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 33, 22 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 33, 22 June 2026.
Built from these letters
HASTEN starts with H and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AEHNST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start HASTEN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 33
Could you have found HASTEN?
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 33 - and most players walked straight past it.
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