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HUSS

/ˈhʌs/4 letters

Definition of HUSS

noun

A dogfish.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Unknown; originally (15th-16th century) also spelled husk.

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.

HUSS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 2 boards so far.

Day 1Day 121
Its 2 boards, across 121 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
2
Boards found on
76
First board
118
Latest board
42
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 76, 4 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.

First ever to find it

geiger

on Day 76, 4 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

HUSS
4
Letters
1
Vowels
3
Consonants
3
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

HUSS starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read HSSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once, including a double letter.

Words that start HUSS

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

HUSSYHUSSARHUSSESHUSSIFHUSSARSHUSSIESHUSSIFS

Could you have found HUSS?

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 76 - and most players walked straight past it.

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