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HANDSIER

8 letters

Definition of HANDSIER

adjective

comparative form of handsy: more handsy

HANDSY

adjective

Prone to touching other people with one's hands, especially in an inappropriate or sexual manner.

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Word DNA

HANDSIER inherits its ancestry from its root, HAND.

Line of descent

  1. Proto-Germanic
  2. Old English
  3. Middle English
  4. English

3 recorded generations before English.

Proto-Germanic

Deepest traced root

6th

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

4.7%

of traced words share this origin (3,861)

Germanic

branch · 22.6% of traced words

How it is built

adjective

Same root, HAND · 13 relatives in the game

Its etymology also names Ancient Greek, Danish, Dutch, Swedish.

Every Proto-Germanic word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

HANDSIER in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 2 boards so far.

Day 1Day 165
Its 2 boards, across 165 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
2
Boards found on
150
First board
151
Latest board
1
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 150, 17 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 151, 18 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.

First ever to find it

gurnard

on Day 150, 17 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

HANDSIER
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
8
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

HANDSIER starts with H and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ADEHINRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Could you have found HANDSIER?

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 150 - and most players walked straight past it.

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