The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
HAVELOCK
Definition of HAVELOCK
noun
A cap incorporating a cloth hanging down the sides and back, to protect the ears and neck; often created ad hoc by placing a kerchief on the head and holding it in place with a cap.
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Where it comes from
From Havelock, after Sir Henry Havelock.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, HAVELOCK · 1 relative 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.
HAVELOCK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 84, 12 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 136, 3 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First found by a player on Day 84, 12 August 2026.
Built from these letters
HAVELOCK starts with H and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read ACEHKLOV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found HAVELOCK?
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 84 - and most players walked straight past it.
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