The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
HELVES
Definition of HELVES
noun
plural of helve
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Word DNA
HELVES inherits its ancestry from its root, HELVE.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
3.4%
of traced words share this origin (970)
branch · 22.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, HELVE · 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.
HELVES in OUTLIER
It has fitted 1 board so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 53, 12 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 91 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 54, 13 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HELVES starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EEHLSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found HELVES?
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 53 - and most players walked straight past it.
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