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HECTARES
Definition of HECTARES
noun
plural of hectare
noun
A unit of surface area (symbol ㏊) equal to 100 ares (that is, 10,000 square metres, one hundredth of a square kilometre, or approximately 2.5 acres), used for measuring the areas of geographical features such as land and bodies of water.
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Word DNA
HECTARES inherits its ancestry from its root, HECTARE.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,825)
branch · 12.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, HECTARE · 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.
HECTARES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 30 boards so far. 53 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 48, 7 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 48, 7 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HECTARES starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEEHRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 48
Could you have found HECTARES?
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 48 - and most players walked straight past it.
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