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HAUT
Definition of HAUT
adjective
Haughty.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English haut, hawt, haute, from Old French haut, halt.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old French
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (843)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, HAUT · 2 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.
HAUT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 35 boards so far. 58 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 18, 7 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 18, 7 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HAUT starts with H and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AHTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start HAUT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 18
Could you have found HAUT?
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 18 - and most players walked straight past it.
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