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HALFWIT
Definition of HALFWIT
noun
Someone lacking in intelligence.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From half + wit. First attested in 1607.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HALFWIT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 43 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 103, 31 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 26, 15 June 2026.
Built from these letters
HALFWIT starts with H and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AFHILTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found HALFWIT?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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