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FIRSTHAND
Definition of FIRSTHAND
adjective
Direct, without intermediate stages.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From first + hand.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FIRSTHAND in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 131, 28 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First found by a player on Day 24, 13 June 2026.
Built from these letters
FIRSTHAND starts with F and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADFHINRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found FIRSTHAND?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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