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HATES
Definition of HATES
noun
plural of hate
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Word DNA
HATES inherits its ancestry from its root, HATE.
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
9%
of traced words share this origin (2,585)
How it is built
Same root, HATE · 2 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Ancient Greek, Danish, Dutch, Icelandic, Irish, Norwegian, Sanskrit, Swedish and 2 more.
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.
HATES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 15, 4 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 43 days.
First found by a player on Day 15, 4 June 2026.
Built from these letters
HATES starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEHST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
5 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 15
Could you have found HATES?
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 15 - and most players walked straight past it.
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