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HANDBRAKE
Definition of HANDBRAKE
noun
A brake in a vehicle, set by hand, and usually locking on until released by hand, enabling its use when parked.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From hand + brake.
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.
HANDBRAKE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 94, 22 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 94, 22 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HANDBRAKE starts with H and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AABDEHKNR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start HANDBR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HANDBRAKE?
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 94 - and most players walked straight past it.
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