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HOMESTEAD
Definition of HOMESTEAD
noun
A house together with surrounding land and buildings, especially on a farm; the property comprising these. A parcel of land in the interior of North America, usually 160 acres, that was distributed to settlers from Europe or eastern North America under the Dominion Lands Act of 1870 in Canada or the Homestead Act of 1862 in the United States.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English hamstede, hemstede (attested in placenames), from Old English hāmstede (“homestead”), from Proto-West Germanic *haimastadi (“homestead”). By surface analysis, home + stead. Cognate with Old Frisian hāmstede, hēmstede (“homestead”), Dutch heemstede (“homestead”), German Heimstatt, Heimstätte (“homestead”), Swedish hemstad (“homestead”), Old Icelandic heimstǫð (“homestead”). Doublet of Hampstead and Hempstead.
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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.
HOMESTEAD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 24 boards so far. 40 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 15, 4 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 15, 4 June 2026.
Built from these letters
HOMESTEAD starts with H and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADEEHMOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start HOMEST
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 15
Could you have found HOMESTEAD?
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 15 - and most players walked straight past it.
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