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HANDBAGS
Definition of HANDBAGS
noun
An insignificant fight or argument.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From handbag + -s. In the sense of fight, a clipping of handbags at dawn or handbags at ten paces (1980s).
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.
HANDBAGS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 44, 3 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 67, 26 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 39 days.
First found by a player on Day 44, 3 July 2026.
Built from these letters
HANDBAGS starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AABDGHNS - 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 44
Could you have found HANDBAGS?
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 44 - and most players walked straight past it.
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