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HANDICRAFTS
Definition of HANDICRAFTS
noun
plural of handicraft
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Word DNA
HANDICRAFTS inherits its ancestry from its root, HANDICRAFT.
Line of descent
- Old English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
4.2%
of traced words share this origin (1,204)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, HANDICRAFT · 2 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HANDICRAFTS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 26 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 88, 16 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 88, 16 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HANDICRAFTS starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AACDFHINRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start HANDICR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HANDICRAFTS?
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 88 - and most players walked straight past it.
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