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HOUSEBROKE
Definition of HOUSEBROKE
verb
simple past of housebreak
verb
To train an animal to avoid urinating or defecating in the house, except within a litterbox, toilet, or other receptacle.
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Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HOUSEBROKE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 84, 12 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 153, 20 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 84, 12 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HOUSEBROKE starts with H and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read BEEHKOORSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and E appear more than once.
Words that start HOUSEB
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HOUSEBROKE?
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 84 - and most players walked straight past it.
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