The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
HOWSO
Definition of HOWSO
adverb
However, in whatever manner.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English how-so; equivalent to how + so.
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.
HOWSO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 58, 17 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 72, 31 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 39 days.
First found by a player on Day 58, 17 July 2026.
Built from these letters
HOWSO starts with H and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read HOOSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 58
Could you have found HOWSO?
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 58 - and most players walked straight past it.
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