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HANDCRAFTS
Definition of HANDCRAFTS
noun
plural of handcraft
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Word DNA
HANDCRAFTS inherits its ancestry from its root, HANDCRAFT.
Line of descent
- Old English
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.7%
of traced words share this origin (2,890)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, HANDCRAFT · 4 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch, German.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HANDCRAFTS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 17 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 98, 26 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 155, 22 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 98, 26 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HANDCRAFTS starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AACDFHNRST - 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.
Could you have found HANDCRAFTS?
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 98 - and most players walked straight past it.
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