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HOUSEBREAKING
Definition of HOUSEBREAKING
noun
The act of breaking into another person's house with unlawful intent.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From house + breaking.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, HOUSEBREAK · 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.
HOUSEBREAKING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 18 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 13, 2 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 133, 30 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 60, 19 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HOUSEBREAKING starts with H and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ABEEGHIKNORSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start HOUSEBREA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 13
Could you have found HOUSEBREAKING?
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 13 - and most players walked straight past it.
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