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HAWSER
Definition of HAWSER
noun
A thick or heavy-duty cable or rope used to tow or moor a ship.
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Other senses
HAWSER carries 4 further meanings.
noun
A cable or rope used in mooring or towing a ship.
noun
Nautical, a cable; especially, a small cable, or a large rope in size between a cable and a tow-line, used in warping, etc.
noun
A large rope made of three strands each containing many yarns.
noun
a calking iron.
Where it comes from
From Middle English hauser, haucer, from Anglo-Norman haucer, from Vulgar Latin *altiāre (“to raise”), derived from Latin altus (“high”). Altered in English by mistaken association with hawse and perhaps haul. Compare French aussière, haussière.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,643)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, HAWS · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names French.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HAWSER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 47 boards so far. 118 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 33, 22 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 33, 22 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HAWSER starts with H and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AEHRSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that mean much the same
Near-synonyms of HAWSER. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 33
Could you have found HAWSER?
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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