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HOWBEIT
Definition of HOWBEIT
conjunction
Although.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Univerbation of how + be + it, literally “however it [may] be”.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HOWBEIT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 37, 26 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 113, 10 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 37, 26 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HOWBEIT starts with H and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read BEHIOTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 37
Could you have found HOWBEIT?
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 37 - and most players walked straight past it.
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