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AXEHANDLES
Definition of AXEHANDLES
noun
plural of axehandle
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, AXEHANDLE · 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.
AXEHANDLES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 164, 31 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 164, 31 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
AXEHANDLES starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AADEEHLNSX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and E appear more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Could you have found AXEHANDLES?
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 164 - and most players walked straight past it.
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