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HOUSEBROKEN
Definition of HOUSEBROKEN
adjective
trained to avoid urinating or defecating in the house, except within a litterbox, toilet, or other receptacle.
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Where it comes from
From house + broken.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
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.
HOUSEBROKEN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 42, 1 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 68, 27 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HOUSEBROKEN starts with H and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read BEEHKNOORSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and E appear more than once.
Words that start HOUSEBR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 42
Could you have found HOUSEBROKEN?
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 42 - and most players walked straight past it.
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