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HOWK
Definition of HOWK
verb
To disturb by digging.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HOWK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 51, 10 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 121, 18 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 51, 10 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HOWK starts with H and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read HKOW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start HOWK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HOWK?
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 51 - and most players walked straight past it.
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