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HUSBANDRY
Definition of HUSBANDRY
noun
The occupation or work of a husbandman or farmer; the cultivation of crops and the raising of livestock; agriculture.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English hus-bō̆ndrī, hus-bō̆ndrīe, husbanderi, husbonderie, housbondrye, housebondrie (“household management, housekeeping; household duties; economy, skilful management, thrift; farm management, agriculture, farming; cultivation; household articles; husbands collectively”), from hǒus-bō̆nd, hǒus-bō̆nde (“male spouse, husband; master of a house; male head of a household; man having charge of something, household manager; (figuratively) host, inhabitant, resident; bondsman, villein; farmer, husbandman”) (see further at husband) + -rīe (suffix forming nouns collectively denoting members or practitioners of a craft or profession). By surface analysis, husband + -ry.
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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.
HUSBANDRY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 26 boards so far. 70 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
HUSBANDRY starts with H and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ABDHNRSUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start HUSBAN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found HUSBANDRY?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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