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HELPMATES
Definition of HELPMATES
noun
plural of helpmate
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Word DNA
HELPMATES inherits its ancestry from its root, HELPMATE.
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.
HELPMATES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 69, 28 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 113, 10 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 36 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 69, 28 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HELPMATES starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEEHLMPST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Could you have found HELPMATES?
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 69 - and most players walked straight past it.
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