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HOWE

4 letters

Definition of HOWE

noun

Alternative form of how (a tumulus, a bowl barrow).

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Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

HOWE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 102
Its 9 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
9
Boards found on
10
First board
99
Latest board
32
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 10, 30 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.

First found by a player on Day 10, 30 May 2026.

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Built from these letters

HOWE
4
Letters
2
Vowels
2
Consonants
4
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

HOWE starts with H and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EHOW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Words that start HOWE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found HOWE?

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 10 - and most players walked straight past it.

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