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HELMET
Definition of HELMET
noun
A hard, protective head covering, typically part of armour.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English helmet, helmett, a borrowing from Old French helmet, heaumet, a diminutive of helme (Modern French heaume), equivalent to helm + -et. The Old French is itself of Germanic origin (whence Old English helm). Used in English since the 15th century, it has largely displaced helm as the general word.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.3%
of traced words share this origin (2,611)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, HELMET · 2 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Old English.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HELMET in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 20, 9 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 20, 9 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HELMET starts with H and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read EEHLMT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start HELMET
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 20
Could you have found HELMET?
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 20 - and most players walked straight past it.
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