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HANDBAG
Definition of HANDBAG
noun
A small bag carried in the hand, used either when travelling or to carry tools for a specific job.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From hand + bag. The music genre is named from women dancing around a pile of their handbags in nightclubs. The verb is a reference to Margaret Thatcher's handbag.
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.
HANDBAG in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 52, 11 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First found by a player on Day 52, 11 July 2026.
Built from these letters
HANDBAG starts with H and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AABDGHN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start HANDBA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 52
Could you have found HANDBAG?
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 52 - and most players walked straight past it.
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