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HANDS
Definition of HANDS
noun
plural of hand
noun
The part of the forelimb below the forearm or wrist in humans and other primates, and the corresponding part in many other animals.
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Word DNA
HANDS inherits its ancestry from its root, HAND.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
3.4%
of traced words share this origin (970)
branch · 22.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, HAND · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Ancient Greek, Danish, Dutch, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HANDS in OUTLIER
It has fitted 67 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 66, 25 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 28, 17 June 2026.
Built from these letters
HANDS starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADHNS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start HANDS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HANDS?
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 66 - and most players walked straight past it.
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