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HORDE
Definition of HORDE
noun
A wandering troop or gang; especially, a clan or tribe of a nomadic people (originally Tatars) migrating from place to place for the sake of pasturage, plunder, etc.; a predatory multitude.
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Where it comes from
Recorded in English since 1555. From Middle French horde, from German Horde, from Polish horda, from Russian орда́ (ordá, “horde, clan, troop”), probably from Kipchak Turkic (compare Tatar урда (urda, “horde”)), ultimately from Proto-Turkic *ordu (“place of staying of the army, ruler etc.”). Cognates include Turkish ordu (“camp, army”), Mongolian орд (ord, “court, castle, royal compound, camp, horde”) and Kalmyk орда (orda). Doublet of orda and Urdu.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HORDE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 20 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 105, 2 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 28, 17 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HORDE starts with H and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read DEHOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start HORDE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found HORDE?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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