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FOXHUNT
Definition of FOXHUNT
noun
A hunt for foxes, usually with dogs.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From fox + hunt.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, FOXHUNT · 4 relatives 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.
FOXHUNT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 93, 21 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 17 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 93, 21 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FOXHUNT starts with F and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read FHNOTUX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start FOXHUN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FOXHUNT?
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 93 - and most players walked straight past it.
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