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HAINT
Definition of HAINT
verb
Alternative form of haunt.
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Other senses
HAINT carries 3 further meanings.
verb
variation of haunt
noun
Ghost.
phrase
tense variation of ain't
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, HAINT · 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.
HAINT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 87 boards so far. 265 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 19, 8 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HAINT starts with H and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AHINT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found HAINT?
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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
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