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HORSEPLAY
Definition of HORSEPLAY
noun
Rough or rowdy play that can often result in unintentional physical harm.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
A compound of horse + play, possibly from observation of boisterous horses playing, or from its attributive sense "strong, big or coarse".
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, HORSEPLAY · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HORSEPLAY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 26 boards so far. 119 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 155, 22 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 9, 29 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HORSEPLAY starts with H and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AEHLOPRSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start HORSEP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 9
Could you have found HORSEPLAY?
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 9 - and most players walked straight past it.
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