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LONGHORN
Definition of LONGHORN
noun
A breed of beef cattle, having long horns, bred in Texas and other parts of southwest United States.
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Where it comes from
From long + horn.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, LONGHORN · 1 relative 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.
LONGHORN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 166, 2 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 166, 2 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LONGHORN starts with L and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read GHLNNOOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and N appear more than once.
Words that start LONGHO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found LONGHORN?
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 166 - and most players walked straight past it.
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