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FOXHOUND
Definition of FOXHOUND
noun
Any of several medium-sized breeds of dog developed for hunting.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From fox + hound.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, FOXHOUND · 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.
FOXHOUND in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 87, 15 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 164, 31 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 99, 27 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FOXHOUND starts with F and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DFHNOOUX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Could you have found FOXHOUND?
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 87 - and most players walked straight past it.
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