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HOWF
Definition of HOWF
noun
A frequent meeting place; a haunt; often specifically, a drinking-house or tavern.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from Scots howf (noun, verb).
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.
HOWF in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 104, 1 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 31, 20 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HOWF starts with H and ends with F. Sorted, its letters read FHOW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start HOWF
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 31
Could you have found HOWF?
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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