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HANDWRITE
Definition of HANDWRITE
verb
To write something manually, normally used to emphasise that it is not being typed.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From hand + write.
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.
HANDWRITE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 42, 1 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 17 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 42, 1 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HANDWRITE starts with H and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ADEHINRTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start HANDWR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 42
Could you have found HANDWRITE?
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 42 - and most players walked straight past it.
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