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HANDCRAFT
Definition of HANDCRAFT
noun
handicraft
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English handcrafte, handecraft, hond-craft, from Old English handcræft, equivalent to hand + -craft. Cognate with Dutch handkracht, German Handkraft.
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.
HANDCRAFT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 38, 27 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 38, 27 June 2026.
Built from these letters
HANDCRAFT starts with H and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AACDFHNRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start HANDCR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 38
Could you have found HANDCRAFT?
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 38 - and most players walked straight past it.
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