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HAINTS
Definition of HAINTS
noun
plural of haint
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, HAINT · 1 relative in the game
HAINTS in a sentence
“Felder Rushing According to bottle-tree lore, blue bottles, like these on a tree in Tennessee, are believed to work best at trapping evil spirits, also called 'haints,' says Mr. Rushing, the author.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HAINTS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 55 boards so far. 91 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 38, 27 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 38, 27 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HAINTS starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AHINST - 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.
Also seen on Day 38
Could you have found HAINTS?
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 38 - and most players walked straight past it.
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