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HUSKIES
Definition of HUSKIES
noun
plural of husky
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Word DNA
HUSKIES inherits its ancestry from its root, HUSK.
Line of descent
6 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
19th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.6%
of traced words share this origin (461)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, HUSK · 9 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HUSKIES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 153, 20 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First found by a player on Day 153, 20 October 2026.
Built from these letters
HUSKIES starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EHIKSSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Words that start HUSKIE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HUSKIES?
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 153 - and most players walked straight past it.
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