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HOUNDLIKE
Definition of HOUNDLIKE
adjective
Like, resembling, or characteristic of a hound; houndly.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From hound + -like. Compare houndly.
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.
HOUNDLIKE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 117, 14 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 122, 19 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 117, 14 September 2026.
Built from these letters
HOUNDLIKE starts with H and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read DEHIKLNOU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found HOUNDLIKE?
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 117 - and most players walked straight past it.
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