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LONGHOUSE
Definition of LONGHOUSE
noun
A long communal housing of the Iroquois and some other American Indians, the Malaysians, the Indonesians, the Vikings, and many other peoples.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From long + house. The sense of outhouse possibly derives from Whittington's Longhouse, a public toilet in medieval London, but first attested in a translation of a similar French expression.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
LONGHOUSE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 45, 4 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 107, 4 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 83, 11 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LONGHOUSE starts with L and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EGHLNOOSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start LONGHO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 45
Could you have found LONGHOUSE?
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 45 - and most players walked straight past it.
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