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HANDBASKET
Definition of HANDBASKET
noun
A basket with a handle.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From hand + basket.
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.
HANDBASKET in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far. 40 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 51, 10 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 94, 22 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 51, 10 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HANDBASKET starts with H and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AABDEHKNST - 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 51
Could you have found HANDBASKET?
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 51 - and most players walked straight past it.
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