The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
HANDLOOM
Definition of HANDLOOM
noun
A simple machine used for weaving by hand.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From hand + loom.
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.
HANDLOOM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 112, 9 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 112, 9 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HANDLOOM starts with H and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read ADHLMNOO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found HANDLOOM?
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 112 - and most players walked straight past it.
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