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HAULM
Definition of HAULM
noun
The stems of various cultivated plants, left after harvesting the crop, which are used as animal food or litter, or for thatching.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English halm, from Old English healm, from Proto-Germanic *halmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱolh₂mos. Cognate with Ancient Greek κάλαμος (kálamos) and Latin culmus. Doublet of French calame, calamus, culm, helm (Etymology 4, stalk), and qalam.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.4%
of traced words share this origin (11,223)
How it is built
Same root, HAULM · 6 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Ancient Greek, French, Latin.
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.
HAULM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 38, 27 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 38, 27 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HAULM starts with H and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read AHLMU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start HAULM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 38
Could you have found HAULM?
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 38 - and most players walked straight past it.
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