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HELPMATE
Definition of HELPMATE
noun
A person who supplies help or companionship.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
A folk-etymological alteration of helpmeet, by reanalysis as help + mate.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, HELPMATE · 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.
HELPMATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 49, 8 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 30 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 49, 8 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HELPMATE starts with H and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEEHLMPT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 49
Could you have found HELPMATE?
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 49 - and most players walked straight past it.
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