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HOUSEMAN
Definition of HOUSEMAN
noun
A male follower or retainer; a male domestic worker or servant.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From house + -man.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, HOUSE · 12 relatives 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.
HOUSEMAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 21 boards so far. 31 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 39, 28 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 166, 2 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 39, 28 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HOUSEMAN starts with H and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AEHMNOSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start HOUSEM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 39
Could you have found HOUSEMAN?
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 39 - and most players walked straight past it.
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