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HUSKER

/ˈhʌskɚ/6 letters

Definition of HUSKER

noun

One who husks (as one who removes the husks, leaves, from ears of corn).

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Where it comes from

From husk + -er.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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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.

HUSKER in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 27 boards so far. 39 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 111
Its 27 boards, across 111 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
27
Boards found on
24
First board
110
Latest board
11
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First ever to find it

loppypuppy

on Day 24, 13 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

HUSKER
6
Letters
2
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

HUSKER starts with H and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EHKRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Words that start HUSKER

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

HUSKERS

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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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.

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