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HOMEBUILT
Definition of HOMEBUILT
adjective
Constructed at home, rather than being obtained from a manufacturer etc.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From home + built.
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.
HOMEBUILT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 14, 3 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 39, 28 June 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 82 days.
First found by a player on Day 14, 3 June 2026.
Built from these letters
HOMEBUILT starts with H and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read BEHILMOTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start HOMEBU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 14
Could you have found HOMEBUILT?
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 14 - and most players walked straight past it.
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