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HOUSEWORK
Definition of HOUSEWORK
noun
domestic household chores such as cleaning and cooking
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Where it comes from
From house + work. Cognate with Dutch huiswerk (“homework”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Its etymology also names Dutch.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HOUSEWORK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 23 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First found by a player on Day 31, 20 June 2026.
Built from these letters
HOUSEWORK starts with H and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read EHKOORSUW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start HOUSEW
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 31
Could you have found HOUSEWORK?
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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.
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