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FIREHOUSE
Definition of FIREHOUSE
noun
A house containing a fire to heat it; a dwelling-house, as opposed to a barn, a stable, or other outhouse.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English firhous, fyrehous, from Old English fȳrhūs (“a fire-house, a room with a fire; furnace”), equivalent to fire + house. Compare Icelandic eldhús (“kitchen”).
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.
FIREHOUSE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 12, 1 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 107, 4 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 12, 1 June 2026.
Built from these letters
FIREHOUSE starts with F and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EEFHIORSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start FIREHO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 12
Could you have found FIREHOUSE?
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 12 - and most players walked straight past it.
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