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HOWFFS
Definition of HOWFFS
noun
plural of howff
HOWF · via howff
noun
A frequent meeting place; a haunt; often specifically, a drinking-house or tavern.
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, HOWFF · 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.
HOWFFS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 132, 29 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HOWFFS starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read FFHOSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. F appears more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found HOWFFS?
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 132 - and most players walked straight past it.
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