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HELLERS
Definition of HELLERS
noun
plural of heller
noun
A German coin equivalent to half a pfennig, later used widely as a small coin in Central Europe and the German Empire.
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Word DNA
HELLERS inherits its ancestry from its root, HELL.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (11,575)
How it is built
Same root, HELL · 9 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Icelandic, Irish, Latin, Norwegian, Polish and 4 more.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HELLERS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 145, 12 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 153, 20 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 145, 12 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HELLERS starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EEHLLRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and L appear more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start HELLER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HELLERS?
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 145 - and most players walked straight past it.
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