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HANDY
Definition of HANDY
adjective
Easy to use, useful.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English handy, hondi (attested in personal names), alteration of earlier hendi (“handy, skillful”), from Old English *hendiġ (“skillful”) (attested in listhendiġ (“skilled in art”)), from Proto-West Germanic *handīg, *handag, *handug, from Proto-Germanic *handugaz (“handy, skillful, nimble”), from *handuz (“hand”), equivalent to hand + -y. Cognate with Saterland Frisian jäntich (“handy”), Middle Low German handich (“skillful, apt”), Middle High German handec, hendec (“manual, hand-held”), Old Norse hǫndugr (“efficient”), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌿𐌲𐍃 (handugs, “wise, clever”). Akin to Dutch handig (“handy”), Norwegian hendig (“handy”), Swedish händig (“handy”).
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HANDY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 19 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 105, 2 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 25, 14 June 2026.
Built from these letters
HANDY starts with H and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ADHNY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start HANDY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HANDY?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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