The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
HABS
Definition of HABS
noun
plural of hab
HAB
noun
A habitation or habitation facility.
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Word DNA
HABS inherits its ancestry from its root, HAB.
How it is built
Same root, HAB · 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.
HABS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 151, 18 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 169, 5 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 151, 18 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HABS starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABHS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found HABS?
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 151 - and most players walked straight past it.
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