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HUSK
Definition of HUSK
noun
The dry, leafy or stringy exterior of certain vegetables or fruits, which must be removed before eating the meat inside.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English huske, husk (“husk”). Perhaps from Old English *husuc, *hosuc (“little covering, sheath”), diminutive of hosu (“pod, shell, husk”), from Proto-West Germanic *hosā, from Proto-Germanic *husǭ (“covering, shell, leggings”), from Proto-Indo-European *kawəs- / kawes- (“cover”). If so, equivalent to hose + -ock. Alternatively from Middle Low German hûs(e)ken, hü̂seken (“little house, sheath”), Middle Dutch husekijn (“little house, core of fruit, case”), diminutive of hûs (“house”). Compare Dutch huisje, German Häuschen, both also used for “snailshell”.
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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.
HUSK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 33 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 31, 20 June 2026.
Built from these letters
HUSK starts with H and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read HKSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start HUSK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 31
Could you have found HUSK?
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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.
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