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HANDSET
Definition of HANDSET
noun
The part of a landline telephone containing both receiver and transmitter (and sometimes dial), held in the hand.
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Where it comes from
From hand + set.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HANDSET in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 77, 5 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 77, 5 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HANDSET starts with H and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ADEHNST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start HANDSE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HANDSET?
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 77 - and most players walked straight past it.
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