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HANDYMEN
Definition of HANDYMEN
noun
plural of handyman
HANDYMAN
noun
A person who does small tasks and odd jobs, especially building repairs and the like.
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Word DNA
HANDYMEN inherits its ancestry from its root, HANDY.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.7%
of traced words share this origin (4,080)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, HANDY · 6 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch, Middle Low German, Norwegian, Old Norse, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HANDYMEN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 167, 3 November 2026. The most recent board was Day 169, 5 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 167, 3 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HANDYMEN starts with H and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ADEHMNNY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once.
Words that start HANDYM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HANDYMEN?
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 167 - and most players walked straight past it.
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