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HOWDY
Definition of HOWDY
interjection
An informal greeting.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Clipping of howdy-do, from how-d'ye-do (“how do you do”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, HOWDY · 2 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.
HOWDY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 40 boards so far. 89 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 9, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
HOWDY starts with H and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read DHOWY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 9
Could you have found HOWDY?
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 9 - and most players walked straight past it.
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