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HANDSPIKE
Definition of HANDSPIKE
noun
A bar or lever, generally of wood, used in a windlass or capstan, for heaving anchor, and, in modified forms, for various purposes.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From hand + spike.
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.
HANDSPIKE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 102, 30 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HANDSPIKE starts with H and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ADEHIKNPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start HANDSP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HANDSPIKE?
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 102 - and most players walked straight past it.
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