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HOWL
Definition of HOWL
noun
The protracted, mournful cry of a dog, wolf or other canid; also of other animals.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English howlen, houlen, from Old English *hūlian, from Proto-West Germanic *hūilōn, from Proto-Germanic *hūwilōną, *hiuwilōną (“to howl”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *kū-, *kew- (“to howl, scream”). Likely of imitative origin. Cognate with Saterland Frisian huulje (“to howl”), Dutch huilen (“to cry”), Romanian a hăuli (“to howl”), Old French ouler, German Low German hulen (“to howl”), German heulen (“to howl”), Danish hyle (“to howl”), Swedish yla (“to scream, yell”), Northern Luri آلٛیر (āłir, “howl”).
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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.
HOWL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 23 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 9, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
HOWL starts with H and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read HLOW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start HOWL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HOWL?
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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