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HEKTARES
Definition of HEKTARES
noun
plural of hektare
HECTARE · via hektare
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
HEKTARES inherits its ancestry from its root, HECTARE.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.4%
of traced words share this origin (10,145)
branch · 12.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, HECTARE · 3 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.
HEKTARES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 57 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 108, 5 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HEKTARES starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEEHKRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start HEKTAR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HEKTARES?
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 108 - and most players walked straight past it.
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